antérieur ☊ 
previous, earlier, front 
早的 
früher 
The faster you work, the earlier you will be finished. 
Bạn càng làm việc nhanh, bạn càng xong sớm. * 100 The earlier you come, the earlier you can go. Bạn càng đến sớm, bạn càng đi về sớm được. * 100 like: earlier → →
in previous, earlier centuries ☊ vào các thế kỷ trước ☊ 1793
Are you tired? — I was earlier, but I'm not now. ☊ Cậu có mệt không? - Trước thì có nhưng giờ thì không. ☊ 1897
I can speak a little French. — You can? But earlier you said you couldn't. ☊ Tôi biết nói một chút tiếng Pháp. - Thế ư? Nhưng trước cậu bảo cậu không biết cơ mà. ☊ 2091
Jamaal has a new job. He has to get up much earlier now than before. He nds it di cult because he isn't used to getting up so early. ☊ Jamaal có công việc mới. Anh ấy phải dậy sớm hơn trước nhiều. Anh ấy thấy khó khăn vì anh ấy chưa quen với việc dậy sớm như thế. ☊ 2599
My friends arrived earlier than I expected. ☊ Các bạn của tôi đến sớm hơn tôi nghĩ. ☊ 2610
The sooner we leave, the earlier we'll arrive. ☊ Chúng ta đi càng sớm thì chúng ta về càng sớm. ☊ 2647
I got up very early, but my teacher got up even earlier. ☊ Tôi dậy rất nhưng giáo viên của tôi dậy còn sớm hơn. ☊ 2853
You should leave FOR work earlier so you get there on time. ☊ Cậu nên đi làm sớm hơn để cậu đến nơi đúng giờ. ☊ add sth (to sth): I have nothing to add to my earlier statement. ☊ add ☊
That had happened long before (= a long time earlier). ☊ before ☊
These results conflict with earlier findings. ☊ conflict ☊
contrast (to sb/sth): The company lost $7 million this quarter in contrast to a profit of $6.2 million a year earlier. ☊ contrast ☊
They issued a statement correcting the one they had made earlier. ☊ correct ☊
The basic design of the car is very similar to that of earlier models. ☊ design ☊
Official projections of the spread of AIDS have mercifully been revised downwards (= it has been predicted that the disease will not spread as fast as had earlier been suggested). ☊ downwards ☊
The ruling overturned the court's earlier decision. ☊ early ☊
The baby arrived earlier than expected. ☊ early ☊
As I mentioned earlier... ☊ early ☊
a week earlier ☊ early ☊
She had seen him earlier in the day. ☊ early ☊
I phoned earlier but you were engaged (= using your phone). ☊ engaged ☊
Careful examination of the ruins revealed an even earlier temple. ☊ examination ☊
If we leave now, I can catch the earlier flight. ☊ flight ☊
Traffic is now moving more freely following an earlier accident. ☊ freely ☊
What a pity that she didn't tell me earlier. ☊ pity ☊
Girls become sexually mature earlier than boys. ☊ sexually ☊
survive from sth: Some strange customs have survived from earlier times. ☊ survive ☊
And then Mary, who we had been talking about earlier, walked in. ☊ who ☊
I lost my job earlier this year. ☊ year ☊
antérieur ☊ j’ai connu le système judiciaire antérieur ☊