from+the+(very)+beginning

He now has a very successful business but he started from scratch.

au tout début — at the very beginning

au début — at first

au/en début de — at the beginning of

début mars — early in March

dès le début — from the very beginning

depuis le début (de) — since the beginning (of)

je le savais depuis le début — I knew all along

du début (jusqu')à la fin — from start to finish

il y a un début à tout — you have to start somewhere

pour un début, ce n'est pas mal — it's not bad for starters

un début de solution — the beginnings of a solution

à mes débuts — when I started out

depuis ses débuts en 1962, le mouvement a évolué — since its inception in 1962, the movement has evolved

un début de polémique — the beginnings of a controversy

un début de réponse — the beginnings of a reply

apporter un début de réponse — to begin to answer

au début — in the beginning, at first

au début de — at the beginning of, at the start of

dès le début — from the beginning, from the start

début mai — in early May

depuis le début — from the beginning, from the start

recommencer depuis le début — to start all over again

reprendre depuis le début — to start all over again

en début de — at the beginning of, at the start of

en début d'année — at the beginning of the year

en début d'après-midi — in the early afternoon

On doit se voir en début d'après-midi. — We're to see each other in the early afternoon.

en début de journée — at the beginning of the day

en début de matinée — in the early morning

en début de mois — at the beginning of the month

en début de match — at the beginning of the match

un but inscrit en début de match — a goal scored at the beginning of the match

des débuts difficiles — difficult beginnings

lo llamaré desde la oficina — I'll ring him from the office

desde Burgos hay 30km — it's 30km from Burgos

desde Ávila hasta Madrid — from Ávila to Madrid

camisetas desde ocho euros — T-shirts from eight euros

los platos van desde la pasta hasta la paella — the dishes range from pasta to paella

desde el siglo XV en adelante — from the 15th century onward

no existe desde 1960 — it ceased to exist in 1960

¿desde cuándo ocurre esto? — how long has this been happening?

está lloviendo desde hace tres días — it's been raining for three days

la conozco desde niño — I've known her since I was a child

-¿desde cuándo eres comunista? -desde siempre — "since when have you been a communist?" - "I've always been one"

-¿vendrás? -desde luego — "are you coming?" - "of course (I am)"

eso, desde luego, no es culpa mía — that, of course, is not my fault

-¿quieres venir con nosotros? -desde luego que sí — "do you want to come with us?" - "of course I do"

-¿no sabes nada de eso? -desde luego que no — "you don't know anything about it?" - "of course not"

no era muy morena pero rubia desde luego que no — she wasn't really dark-haired, but she certainly wasn't blonde

desde luego, vaya fama estamos cogiendo — we're certainly getting quite a reputation

desde luego, ¿quién lo iba a pensar? — I ask you, who would have thought it?, well, who would have thought it?

¡mira que olvidarte de llamar! ¡desde luego que eres despistado! — how could you forget to phone? you're so absent-minded!

• desde que — since

desde que llegó el invierno — since winter arrived

desde que llegó no ha salido — he hasn't been out since he arrived

desde que se ha mudado está mejor — he's been better since he moved

desde que se inventó la televisión — (ever) since television was invented

escribo desde que era pequeña — I've been writing since I was little

desde que puedo recordar — ever since I can remember, as long as I can remember

desde entonces/desde que se casó — since then/since he got married

¿desde cuándo te gustan los mejillones? - desde siempre! — since when have you liked mussels? - I've always liked them!

¿desde cuándo trabajas aquí? — how long have you been working here?

desde niño — since he/I was a child

desde que tengo memoria — for as long as I remember

no los veo desde hace meses — I haven't seen them for months

estaba enfermo desde hacía un año — he had been ill for a year

desde aquí/allá — from here/there

¿desde dónde tengo que leer? — where do I have to read from?

desde mi punto de vista — from my point of view

desde la página 12 hasta la 20 — from page 12 (up) to page 20

desde la cabeza hasta los pies — from head to foot

blusas desde 9 euros — blouses from 9 euros

desde el director hasta el último empleado — from the director (down) to the lowest employee

desde entonces/desde que se casó — since then/since he got married

¿desde cuándo te gustan los mejillones? - desde siempre! — since when have you liked mussels? - I've always liked them!

¿desde cuándo trabajas aquí? — how long have you been working here?

desde niño — since he/I was a child

desde que tengo memoria — for as long as I remember

no los veo desde hace meses — I haven't seen them for months

estaba enfermo desde hacía un año — he had been ill for a year

desde aquí/allá — from here/there

¿desde dónde tengo que leer? — where do I have to read from?

desde mi punto de vista — from my point of view

desde la página 12 hasta la 20 — from page 12 (up) to page 20

desde la cabeza hasta los pies — from head to foot

blusas desde 9 euros — blouses from 9 euros

desde el director hasta el último empleado — from the director (down) to the lowest employee

être d'origine modeste/noble — to come from a modest/noble background

l'origine de l'univers — the origin of the universe

l'origine des temps — the beginning of time

à l'origine — originally

produit d'origine végétale — product of vegetable origin

à l'origine du conflit il y a un problème frontalier — the conflict has its origins in a border dispute

avoir son origine dans — to have its origins in, to originate in

être à l'origine de — to be the cause of, to be behind

d'origine modeste — from a modest background

d'origine française — of French origin

dès l'origine — from the outset

à l'origine — originally

all'inizio di marzo — at the beginning of March

sin dall'inizio — right from the start, from the very first

agli -zi della sua carriera — early on in her career

AF VOBEIS,

AF MVRO,

AF CAPVA,

AF SOLO,

AF LYCO,

abs chorago,

abs quivis,

abs terra,

and in compounds: aps-cessero,

and who, perhaps, also used abs conscendentibus,

Caesar maturat ab urbe proficisci,

fuga ab urbe turpissima,

ducite ab urbe domum, ducite Daphnim,

illam (mulierem) usque a mari supero Romam proficisci,

venti a laevo latere in dextrum, ut sol, ambiunt,

oppidum ab Aenea fugiente a Troja conditum,

quemadmodum (Caesar) a Gergovia discederet,

ab Arimino M. Antonium cum cohortibus quinque Arretium mittit,

protinus a Corfinio in Siciliam miserat,

profecti a domo,

of setting sail: cum exercitus vestri numquam a Brundisio nisi hieme summa transmiserint,

classe qua advecti ab domo fuerant,

of citizens: interim ab Roma legatos venisse nuntiatum est,

legati ab Orico ad M. Valerium praetorem venerunt,

Quasi ad adulescentem a patre ex Seleucia veniat,

libertus a Fuflis cum litteris ad Hermippum venit,

Nigidium a Domitio Capuam venisse,

cum a vobis discessero,

multa merces tibi defluat ab Jove Neptunoque,

so a fratre,

a Pontio,

ab ea,

ego te afuisse tam diu a nobis dolui,

abesse a domo paulisper maluit,

tum Brutus ab Roma aberat,

absint lacerti ab stabulis,

quot milia fundus suus abesset ab urbe,

nos in castra properabamus, quae aberant bidui,

hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat,

terrae ab hujusce terrae, quam nos incolimus, continuatione distantes,

non amplius pedum milibus duobus ab castris castra distabant,

cum domus patris a foro longe abesset,

qui fontes a quibusdam praesidiis aberant longius,

quae procul erant a conspectu imperii,

procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt,

tu procul a patria Alpinas nives vides,

v. procul): cum esset in Italia bellum tam prope a Sicilia, tamen in Sicilia non fuit,

tu apud socrum tuam prope a meis aedibus sedebas,

tam prope ab domo detineri,

onerariae naves, quae ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo vento tenebatur,

duo milia fere et quingentos passus ab hoste posuerunt castra,

picus et cornix ab laeva, corvos, parra ab dextera consuadent,

pleraque Alpium ab Italia sicut breviora ita arrectiora sunt,

non eadem diligentia ab decumuna porta castra munita,

erat a septentrionibus collis,

Exul ab octava Marius bibit,

mulieres jam ab re divin[adot ] adparebunt domi,

Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus,

ab hac contione legati missi sunt,

ab eo magistratu,

a summa spe novissima exspectabat,

ut primum a tuo digressu Romam veni,

confestim a proelio expugnatis hostium castris,

statim a funere,

and followed by statim: ab itinere statim,

protinus ab adoptione,

Homerus qui recens ab illorum actate fuit,

Sometimes with the name of a person or place, instead of an action: ibi mihi tuae litterae binae redditae sunt tertio abs te die,

secundo Punico (bello) Scipionis classis XL. die a securi navigavit,

ab hora tertia bibebatur,

infinito ex tempore, non ut antea, ab Sulla et Pompeio consulibus,

vixit ab omni aeternitate,

cum quo a condiscipulatu vivebat conjunctissime,

in Lycia semper a terrae motu XL. dies serenos esse,

centesima lux est haec ab interitu P. Clodii,

cujus a morte quintus hic et tricesimus annus est,

ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumiun annum,

diebus triginta, a qua die materia caesa est,

quod augures omnes usque ab Romulo decreverunt,

jam inde ab infelici pugna ceciderant animi,

ab hora octava ad vesperum secreto collocuti sumus,

cum ab hora septima ad vesperum pugnatum sit,

a quo tempore ad vos consules anni sunt septingenti octoginta unus,

pugnata pugnast usque a mane ad vesperum,

qui homo cum animo inde ab ineunte aetate depugnat suo,

mihi magna cum co jam inde a pueritia fuit semper famillaritas,

a pueritia,

jam inde ab adulescentia,

ab adulescentia,

jam a prima adulescentia,

ab ineunte adulescentia,

followed by ad: usque ad hanc aetatem ab incunte adulescentia,

a primis temporibus aetatis,

a teneris unguiculis,

usque a toga pura,

jam inde ab incunabulis,

a prima lanugine,

viridi ab aevo,

rarely of animals: ab infantia,

qui olim a puero parvulo mihi paedagogus fuerat,

a pausillo puero,

a puero,

a pueris,

ab adulescente,

ab infante,

a parva virgine,

a parvis,

a parvulo,

ab parvulis,

ab tenero,

and rarely of animals: (vacca) a bima aut trima fructum ferre incipit,

suspitionem et culpam ut ab se segregent,

qui discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem,

hic ab artificio suo non recessit,

quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas,

condicionem quam ab te peto,

mercedem gloriae flagitas ab iis, quorum, etc.,

si quid ab illo acceperis,

quae (i. e. antiquitas) quo propius aberat ab ortu et divina progenie,

ab defensione desistere,

ne quod tempus ab opere intermitteretur,

ut homines adulescentis a dicendi studio deterream,

qui quartus ab Arcesila fuit,

tu nunc eris alter ab illo,

Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus,

quid hoc ab illo differt,

hominum vita tantum distat a victu et cultu bestiarum,

discrepare ab aequitate sapientiam,

quae non aliena esse ducerem a dignitate,

alieno a te animo fuit,

subdole ab re consulit,

haut est ab re aucupis,

non ab re esse Quinctii visum est,

a patre deductus ad Scaevolam,

ut tamquam a praesentibus coram haberi sermo videretur,

disputata ab eo,

illa (i. e. numerorum ac vocum vis) maxime a Graecia vetere celebrata,

ita generati a natura sumus,

pars mundi damnata a rerum natura,

niagna adhibita cura est a providentia deorum,

quae (i. e. anima) calescit ab eo spiritu,

salvebis a meo Cicerone,

a quibus (Atheniensibus) erat profectus,

ne vir ab hoste cadat,

levior est plaga ab amico quam a debitore,

a bestiis ictus, morsus, impetus,

si calor est a sole,

ex iis a te verbis (for a te scriptis),

metu poenae a Romanis,

bellum ingens a Volscis et Aequis,

ad exsolvendam fldem a consule,

lassus ab equo indomito,

Murus ab ingenic notior ille tuo,

tempus a nostris triste malis,

vulgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus?

ab hoc destitutus per Thrasybulum (i. e. Thrasybulo auctore),

si postulatur a populo,

deseror conjuge,

and in prose,

ipsum a se oritur et sua sponte nascitur,

(urna) ab se cantat quoja sit,

pastores a Pergamide,

Turnus ab Aricia,

obsides dant trecentos principum a Cora atque Pometia liberos,

(sinus maris) ab nomine propinquae urbis Ambracius appellatus,

da, puere, ab summo,

da ab Delphio cantharum circum, id Most. 1, 4, 33: ab eo nobis causa ordienda est potissimum,

coepere a fame mala,

cornicem a cauda de ovo exire,

a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,

a foliis et stercore purgato,

tantumne ab re tuast oti tibi?

Saguntini ut a proeliis quietem habuerant,

expiandum forum ab illis nefarii sceleris vestigiis,

haec provincia non modo a calamitate, sed etiam a metu calamitatis est defendenda,

ab incendio urbem vigiliis munitam intellegebat,

ut neque sustinere se a lapsu possent,

ut meam domum metueret atque a me ipso caveret,

el metul a Chryside,

ab Hannibale metuens,

metus a praetore,

v. Weissenb. ad h. l.: a quo quidem genere, judices, ego numquam timui,

postquam nec ab Romanis robis ulla est spes,

funiculus a puppi religatus,

cum sinistra capillum ejus a vertice teneret,

a ferro sanguis humanus se ulciscitur,

id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse,

doleo ab animo, doleo ab oculis, doleo ab aegritudine,

a morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,

a frigore et aestu ne quid laborent,

a frigore laborantibus,

laborare ab re frumentaria,

ab ingenio improbus,

a me pudica'st,

orba ab optimatibus contio,

locus copiosus a frumento,

sumus imparati cum a militibas tum a pecunia,

ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

ab una parte haud satis prosperuin,

so often in poets ab arte=arte,

linguam ab irrisu exserentem,

ab honore,

ab illo injuria,

fulgor ab auro,

dulces a fontibus undae,

scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto,

nonnuill ab novissimis,

qui sunt ab ea disciplina,

ab eo qui sunt,

nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt,

in Cic. only once): Pollex, servus a pedibus meus,

a manu servus,

a peregre,

a foris,

ab intus,

ab invicem,

a longe,

a modo,

Hier. Vit. Hilar.: a nune,

a sursum,

Arsinoen, Stratum, Naupactum...fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc.,

a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit. Quibus? An iis, quae in juventute geruntur et viribus?

a Jove incipiendum putat. Quo Jove?

res publica, quascumque vires habebit, ab iis ipsis, quibus tenetur, de te propediem impetrabit,

a vitae periculo,

a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo,

a minus bono,

a satis miti principio,

damnis dives ab ipsa suis,

aque Chao,

aque mero,

aque viro,

aque suis,

a meque,

abs teque,

a teque,

7: a primaque adulescentia,