I'd die before I apologized!

我宁愿死也不道歉！

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Many of us die before we're ready.

我们中的许多人是还未准备充分就死了。

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I'll die before I clean your mess.

要我给你洗碗，除非我死了。

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Doctors say such treatment is necessary or the person could die before help arrives.

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It could still be the case that we die before life has turned bad.

有可能我们在生活变糟糕之前便死了。

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You may take on a long-term project and then die before you've been able to complete it; or alternatively, you may peak too soon and then continue to stick around in an anti-climactic way.

你可能承担了一个长期的项目,然后在你能完成之前就死了，或者，你可能太快达到人生高峰,然后继续在平淡中徘徊。

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This is also the outcome if you die before the five years is up.

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Could we soon be raising a generation of children who die before their parents?

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And her child is nearly three times more likely to die before the age of five.

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