beginning
/bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/ adjective C2- Being the first portion of some extended thing. · in the beginning paragraph of the chapter· in the beginning section of the course
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“Speak, sir, and pray begin at the beginning; I like order in everything.”
Gardiner would have been highly gratified by her niece’s beginning the subject.
“They are the Kalidahs!” said the Cowardly Lion, beginning to tremble.
“I’m not going to begin at the beginning.
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