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📖 Определения и значения для слова begin

📒 to start doing something; to do the first part of something

  • Shall I begin?
  • begin at something Let's begin at page 9.
  • begin with something I'd like to begin with a simple question.

📒 to start to happen or exist, especially from a particular time

  • When does the concert begin?
  • begin in… Work on the new bridge is due to begin in September.
  • begin at… The lecture begins at 8pm.

📒 to have something as the first part or the point where something starts

  • Where does Europe end and Asia begin?
  • begin with something Use ‘an’ before words beginning with a vowel.
  • ‘I'm thinking of a country in Asia.’ ‘What does it begin with (= what is the first letter)?’

📒 to start or make something start for the first time

  • The school began in 1920, with only ten pupils.
  • begin something He began a new magazine on post-war architecture.

📒 to be something first, before becoming something else

  • He began as an actor, before starting to direct films.
  • What began as a minor scuffle turned into a full-scale riot.

📒 to start speaking

  • ‘Ladies and gentlemen,’ he began, ‘welcome to the Town Hall.’

📒 to make no attempt to do something or have no chance of doing something

  • I can't begin to thank you enough.
  • He didn't even begin to understand my problem.

📒 you should help and care for your own family, etc. before you start helping other people

📒 at first

  • I found it tiring to begin with but I soon got used to it.
  • We'll go slowly to begin with.

📒 used to introduce the first point you want to make

  • ‘What was it you didn't like?’ ‘Well, to begin with, our room was far too small.’
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