所以我说的“去他地吧”并不是对我之前的工作说的。

So, my "screw you" is not to my former job.

youdao

开始做这工作之前，我并未预想过它的实际情况。

Before I started the job, I had no preconceived notions of what it would be like.

《牛津词典》

我的洗衣机已经用了15年多了，昨晚之前它还能正常工作。

My washing machine is more than fifteen years old and it has worked just fine until last night.

youdao

Prior to joining the chaplaincy program, I did a lot of activism work in specific Islamic institutions served board of directors, chairs, and presidencies.

在参加这个教士培养的项目之前，我在一些伊斯兰教的组织做过工作,在董事会，主席等手下任职。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I got from a person that I worked with for two and a half years before coming here.

我在来这儿之前和他一起工作了两年半的时间。

写推荐书的人 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

I taught at Cornell before Yale, and my assistant was a woman named Bonnie at Cornell.

在耶鲁工作之前,我在康奈尔授课,那时我的助手是一个叫邦妮的女士

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选