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begin [bɪ'gɪn](a) (start) commencer; (career, term) commencer, débuter; (task) entreprendre, s'attaquer à; (work) commencer, se mettre à;∎ to begin to do or doing sth commencer à faire qch, se mettre à faire qch;∎ I had begun to believe he was lying j'avais commencé à croire qu'il mentait;∎ she began the first chapter (reading) elle commença à lire le premier chapitre; (writing) elle commença à écrire le premier chapitre;∎ the quotation beginning this chapter la citation qui ouvre ce chapitre;∎ she began life as a waitress elle a débuté comme serveuse;∎ he soon began to complain il n'a pas tardé à se plaindre;∎ I began the day all wrong j'ai mal commencé la journée;∎ the film doesn't begin to compare with the book le film est loin de valoir le livre;∎ he can't begin to compete with her il ne lui arrive pas à la cheville;∎ I can't begin to explain c'est trop difficile à expliquer(b) (start to say) commencer;∎ "this is unforgivable", she began "c'est impardonnable", commença-t-elle(c) (found → institution, club) fonder, inaugurer; (initiate → business, fashion) lancer; (→ argument, fight, war) déclencher, faire naître; (→ conversation) engager, amorcer; (→ discussion, speech) commencer, ouvrir(a) (start → person, career, concert, project, speech) commencer;∎ work should begin in the spring les travaux devraient commencer au printemps;∎ the day began badly/well la journée s'annonçait mal/bien;∎ to begin again or afresh recommencer (à zéro);∎ begin at the beginning commencez par le commencement;∎ the night shift begins at midnight l'équipe de nuit commence (le travail) à minuit;∎ when does school begin? quand est la rentrée?;∎ after the film begins après le début du film;∎ her career began in Hollywood sa carrière a débuté à Hollywood;∎ he began in politics il a commencé par faire de la politique;∎ let me begin by thanking our host permettez-moi tout d'abord de remercier notre hôte;∎ let's begin with a song commençons par une chanson;∎ her name begins with (a) B son nom commence par un B;∎ the play begins with a murder la pièce débute par un meurtre;∎ I began with the idea of buying a flat au départ ou au début je voulais acheter un appartement;(b) (originate → club, country, institution) être fondé; (→ fire, epidemic) commencer; (→ war) éclater, commencer; (→ trouble) commencer; (→ river) prendre sa source; (→ road) commencer; (→ fashion) commencer, débuter;∎ the magazine began as a freesheet la revue a débuté comme publication gratuite(a) (in the first place) d'abord, pour commencer;∎ to begin with, it's too cold d'abord, il fait trop froid;∎ to begin with, the statistics are wrong pour commencer ou d'abord, les chiffres sont faux(b) (initially) au départ;∎ everything went well to begin with tout s'est bien passé au début ou au départ;∎ the plate was cracked to begin with l'assiette était déjà fêlée au départ -
2 begin
be·gin <-nn-, began, begun> [bɪʼgɪn] vt1) ( commence)to \begin sth etw anfangen [o beginnen];it's \beginning to snow es fängt an zu schneien;she began life as the daughter of a waitress sie kam als Tochter einer Kellnerin zur Welt;to \begin a conversation eine Unterhaltung anfangen;to \begin a phase in eine Phase eintreten;to \begin work mit der Arbeit beginnen2) ( start using)you needn't \begin a new loaf of bread du musst kein neues Brot anschneiden;you should \begin a new page du solltest eine neue Seite anfangen vi1) ( commence) anfangen, beginnen;let's \begin fangen wir an!;I don't know where to \begin ich weiß gar nicht, wo ich anfangen soll;the film \begins at seven der Film fängt um sieben an;I'll \begin by welcoming our guests zuerst werde ich unsere Gäste begrüßen;to \begin again neu anfangen;to \begin promisingly viel versprechend anfangen;to \begin to do sth anfangen, etw zu tun;she was \beginning to get angry allmählich wurde sie wütend;I can't [even] \begin to describe this phenomenon ich kann dieses Phänomen nicht einmal annähernd beschreiben;there were six of us to \begin with but then two people left anfangs waren wir noch zu sechst, zwei sind dann aber gegangen;the hotel was awful - to \begin with, our room was too small, then... das Hotel war schrecklich - erstmal war unser Zimmer viel zu klein und dann...;to \begin with sth mit etw dat anfangen2) ( open speech act)“well,” he began... „also“, fing er an...3) ( originate) beginnen;where does this road \begin? wo fängt diese Straße an?PHRASES:life \begins at forty (\begins at forty) mit vierzig fängt das Leben erst [richtig] an
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