No. 765 in Russian
накануне
The day before; on the eve of.
In a sentence
Накануне экзамена я усердно готовился.
The day before the exam, I worked hard on preparing.
The word 'накануне' is used to indicate 'the day before' an event or specific time, referring to the exam in this context.
Мы обсуждали планы накануне нашей поездки.
We discussed plans the day before our trip.
Here, 'накануне' specifies the time immediately prior to a scheduled trip.
Он вспомнил события, произошедшие накануне.
He recalled the events that happened the day before.
In this sentence, 'накануне' emphasizes the temporal placement of past events as occurring the preceding day.
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