美 
											['ɜːrlɪər]
																
										
							
																																	"a fashion popular in earlier times"
																							"his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"
																							"Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"
																															
																																	"I had known her before"
																							"as I said before"
																							"he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"
																							"her parents had died four years earlier"
																							"I mentioned that problem earlier"
																															
																																	"Come a little sooner, if you can"
																							"came earlier than I expected"
																															
																																	"why didn't you tell me in the first place?"