clear the course meaning in English

清理水道

The man went ahead of us to clear the course
这个人走在我们前头开路。
To retrospect and clear the course of ontology ' s naissance , development and perfection is very important for us to understand the respective status of feuerbach ' s philosophy and marxism philosophy , and the successive relationship in scientific basis between the two philosophies as well
追忆并厘清这一本体论的产生、发展和完善的历程，对于我们今天重新理解费尔巴哈哲学和马克思哲学在哲学史上的地位、以及他们之间在学理上的承传关系，乃具有重大的意义。
However there still are some problems , aiming at these problems , it is effective for basic computer course teaching to further make clear the course orientation , lecture intensively , innovate experiment teaching and exam , speed up the teaching material development , effectively use and explore network resource
针对这些问题，只有进一步明确课程定位、精讲课程内容、创新实验教学和考核方法，同时加快立体化教材建设，有效开拓和使用网络教学资源，才能更有效推动该门课程教学水平的提高。