to begin with
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to begin with
adverb
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Initially, at first, at the very start.
To begin with, we moved the furniture out of the room.
Similar: at first, to start with, initially
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In the first place.
Double my wages? You weren't paying me anything to begin with!
Similar: to start with
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| Русский | для начала dlja načala |
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title = {to begin with},
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}