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Usages of vor
Vor einem Jahr besaßen wir kaum Möbel.
A year ago we owned hardly any furniture.
Vor zwei Tagen tropfte Wasser von der Zimmerdecke.
Two days ago water dripped from the ceiling.
Das alte Bürogebäude brannte vor vielen Jahren vollständig ab.
The old office building burned down completely many years ago.
Mein Schwiegervater erzählt, wie er vor einem Jahrzehnt seine Karriere in einer kleinen Firma begonnen hat.
My father-in-law tells how he started his career in a small company a decade ago.
Unsere Zugtickets sind schon vor zwei Wochen online gebucht worden.
Our train tickets were already booked online two weeks ago.
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