in the first place
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in the first place
- /ɪn ðə ˈfɜːst pleɪs/ UK
- /ɪn ðə ˈfɝst pleɪs/ US
- /ɪn ðə ˈfɜːst plæɪs/ General Australian
phrase
- To begin with; earlier; firstly; originally; at the start. The question is not whether I still enjoy the job, when I never enjoyed it in the first place.
- At all, even (typically in non-negated statements). Why does this exist in the first place?
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prep_phrase to begin with
| Español | en primer lugar, para empezar, de entrada, primero, desde el principio, desde el comienzo |
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| 한국어 | 애초에 aecho'e, 처음부터 cheo'eumbuteo |
| 日本語 | そもそも somosomo, 先ず以て mazumotte, 最初に saisho-ni |
| 中文 | 首先 shǒuxiān, 本來 /本来 běnlái, 原本 yuánběn, 起初 qǐchū, 當初 /当初 dāngchū |
| Português | para começo de conversa |
| Français | en premier lieu, pour commencer, avant tout |
| Deutsch | erstens, an erster Stelle, überhaupt erst |
| Italiano | per prima cosa |
| Ελληνικά | πρώτα πρώτα próta próta, κατά κύριο λόγο katá kýrio lógo, καταρχήν katarchín |
| Русский | в пе́рвую о́чередь v pérvuju óčeredʹ, пре́жде всего́ préžde vsevó, пе́рвым де́лом pérvym délom, снача́ла snačála, сперва́ spervá, в пе́рвую го́лову v pérvuju gólovu |
| עברית | מלכתחילה mil’khatchíla |
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