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here. I stand by Pericles. It's "I saw my life pass before my eyes." Before can mean en frente de, but it sounds very formal. More often it means antes.
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COCA has some "in front of your eyes", although not as many as "before your eyes". I think that "His life passed before his eyes" or "His life flashed in front of his eyes" sound about equally natural.
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It is also quite common, in BrE at least, when you are an eye-witness to something improbable, you might say 'There she was, before my very eyes'. Never 'in front of'.
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Has anybody read answer #2? All I did was to answer to Angelicas translation and that to me, what she said, was related to in front of instead of before... Am I wrong still? Maybe I need my medication....Perikles, about that wine of yours... |
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I read it. Now I'm too confused to be sure about anything. If I say you're right will you change the subject?
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Are you trying to change the subject in order to not share wine?! OMG! |
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No, not at all, just that there is a limit to how interesting this point is, and I think we have reached it.
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Usually I try to make it a bit more interesting by adding other words, so people get their heads scratching, and some of them will dare to look up the words etc. |
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So one can be in front of someone, but before his/her eyes, right?
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see. |
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