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begin 'COD: perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity). ' initiate 'COD: cause (a process or action) to begin.' open 'FN: begin an attack (esp. with "fire").' swing (into) 'FN: start (a very active, vigorous activity) in response (to something).' get started 'FN: begin (a preliminary part or the very first part of a task)' start 'COD: begin to do. ' launch (into) 'FN: begin an activity energetically and enthusiastically' enter 'COD: begin to be involved in' commence 'COD: begin. '
The Iraqis began hostilities Ready, set, go! The U.S. started a war in the Middle East begin a new chapter in your life I start at eight in the morning
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A murder began the book. The party began with a bang. He began to pack. John started the party. I began the party with a speech. John began going to the area. The party began.
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Jackie_Brandt singled deep into the hole at short to start the rally. Fourteen of the sculptures you took posses properties of a most curious and terrifying nature, as you will observe when your limbs begin to wither and your hair falls_out in patches. Both the federal and state_governments commence their fiscal_years on July_1. He wanted to show the town what happened to anyone who tried to start trouble''. Instead of kicking feet, Helva 's neural responses started her wheels; instead of grabbing with hands, she manipulated mechanical extensions. She stood_still over the leg_of_lamb, rubbing herbs into it, quite suddenly conscious of a nausea in her stomach and a feeling of wrath, a sensation of violence that started her shivering. When he was eight he began violin_lessons. And they sat_down and began their little coffee party. As the 87 th Congress began its sessions last week, liberal Democrats were ready for a finish fight to open the sluice gates controlled by the House_Rules_Committee and permit the free flow of liberal legislation to the floor. But she does indicate festivities will start early, that a jazz combo will`` give with the Basin_Street beat'' during the cocktail and dinner hours and that Lester_Lanin 's orchestra will take_over during the dancing. As I say, I would want to begin a day like this, but I often wonder what the dead would have done. The new century opened with Oersted beginning his professional career of an apothecary shop in Copenhagen and as lecturer at the university. The author begins this volume with a close-up of Mr._Kennedy, his family and his entourage waiting for the returns. As autumn starts its annual sweep, few Americans and Canadians realize how fortunate they are in having the world 's finest fall coloring. For it was neglected, not to say nascent, when the struggle began. Forty years ago an English writer, W._L._George, dealt with this subject in Eddies_of_the_Day, and said, as an example, that' Saint_George for Merry_England' would not start a spirit half so quickly as' Strike frog eating Frenchmen dead'''! Congress starts another week tomorrow with sharply contrasting forecasts for the two chambers. Let the orthodontist decide the proper time to start treatment'', he urges. Did I start the damn war? If a nation wished to get a head_start in physical fitness over all other nations, it would start its kindergarten students on a program of gymnastics the day they entered and thus eliminate a large_number of the problems that plague American schools. She teamed_up with another beauty, whose name has been lost to history, and commenced with some fiddling that would have made Nero envious. I hurried over to the agency heap, jumped in, started the motor and was just_in_time to see the car I wanted to shadow turn to the left. He began the diplomatic discussions that resulted in the establishment of SEATO. He went_back once_more to the Jeep and started the short drive to the hotel. Both would start their new fiscal_year on July_1. In an attempt to reverse the downhill trend by stimulating the bone_marrow and controlling any hemolytic component, triamcinolone, 16 mg. daily, was begun on Sept. 26, 1958, and continued until Feb. 18, 1959. `` Sure, sure, you 're the one take_over for Pretty, soon as I get the supply, get started up again, is it? To secure precise measurements of these frequencies, a research program in free_radical microwave spectroscopy has been started. You should also begin this exercise with a very light barbell until you become accustomed to it balance_wise. He must begin, paradoxically, by becoming more selfish. Successive 1- ml fractions were then drawn off with a hypodermic_syringe, starting at the top of the tube, and tested for agglutinin activity. He worked in oil for years before beginning his work in watercolor, and his first public recognition and early honors, including his election to the Academy, were for his essays in the heavier medium. The role of an earthquake in starting the destruction of whole cities is tremendously frightening, but fire may actually be the principal agent in a particular disaster. I would not want to be one of those writers who begin each morning by exclaiming,`` O Gogol, O Chekhov, O Thackeray and Dickens, what would you have made_of a bomb_shelter ornamented with four plaster-of-Paris ducks, a birdbath, and three composition gnomes with long beards and red mobcaps''? Fifty-two companies started or committed themselves to new plant construction, totaling 1418000 square_feet and representing an investment of$ 11900000; a new post-World_War 2, record. The three leaders of Laos agreed today to begin negotiations tomorrow on forming a coalition government that would unite the war-ridden kingdom. With these maps completed, the inventory phase of the plan has been started. In the afternoon, defense_attorneys began the presentation of their cases with opening statements, some of_which had been deferred until after the government had called witnesses and presented its case. `` Start in. Because of increasing anemia, triamcinolone, 8 mg. daily, was started on Feb. 23, 1958, and was continued until july, 1958. When he started school at the age of five-and-a-half, he could not understand why the alphabet begins with the letter A, instead of C, as in the scale. Twenty-four_hours after independence the wild tribesmen commenced fighting each other. `` Do start anything you can finish''. I asked the same questions inside the launch-control rooms of an Atlas missile base in Wyoming, where officers who wear sidearms are manning the`` commit buttons'' that could start a war- accidentally or by_design- and in the command centers where other pistol-packing men could give orders to push such buttons. With this act of disobedience, and not with the inception of his individual existence, man began the downward circuit on the spiral of history, descending from the created capacity for immortality to an inescapable mortality. Discovering that draperies could be designed to serve structural purposes, he began a study of the anatomy of folds. But the beer hall riot in Subic had been unusual, too, and Walt_Perry was convinced that Doc had started it through some expert tactics in rabble rousing. I started my tour of them at the Turkish Government_Tourist_Office, next to Pan_American 's office on_the_left as you enter the driveway that leads to the Hilton_Hotel. His widow started the circulation of petitions after Barnard was reprimanded for violating the probation. But even the contents of Wisman 's box cannot start a war. Just why anybody should wish to start a riot the executive_officer did n't know. The six ton Conestoga began to whip and shake. As a rule, the earlier general dental treatment is started, the less expensive and more satisfactory it is likely to be. His policies had resolved the conflicts that threatened to ignite the cold_war and workable solutions were beginning to take_shape. Morgan filled the fire box with wood again, then started supper and set the table. `` Well, let 's get_going'', she said impatiently. When you start the outdoor performance, you can stay outdoors without a dozen running trips into the kitchen. `` You trying to say I started the fight''? The Belgian government itself took_over administration, commencing a program of paternalism unmatched in the history of colonialism. Dr._Brodie has 30- year records of head growth, started 20 minutes after children 's births. But they were starting a new life. He wanted to take the mother to headquarters at_once and start her on the mug_file. This left the Soviets plenty of leeway to start low-grade brushfire aggressions with considerable impunity. She began it deliberately, so that none of her words would be lost on him. The guerrillas began a frantic search for pails in_which to bring water from the spring. All three must compare notes and agree to`` go''. Just to remind the Communists that the bombs dropped on Japan were to end a war not start one. The following month the invasion of Italy was begun, and Roosevelt gave effect to his warning by consenting to the stockpiling of poison_gas in southern Italy. On Feb. 12, 1959, purified corticotropin( ACTH_Gel), 20 units daily intramuscularly, was started but had_to be discontinued 3 weeks later because of excessive fluid retention. Davis commenced his remarks by an allusion to the general feeling of opposition which the meeting had encountered from many of the citizens and all the newspapers of the city. And the career of Konrad_Adenauer, who upheld Germany 's tradition of rock-like leaders which Bismarck began, draws_near the end. Leningrad 's Kirov_Ballet, famous for classic purity of technique, begins its first U._S. tour in New_York( through Sept .30). But the Anniston boy had begun his slide too late. In May 1960, the Armed_Forces Institute of Pathology began a series of articles on the`` Medical_Museum'', and in June, the Institute started contributing a regular monthly`` Case for Diagnosis''. I figure if I can get any kind_of publicity campaign going, I 'll land him on TV- you know, one of those favorite horses for some Western hero. He got a small fire started and put_on bacon and coffee. For it is clear that the total number of ordinary intersections of C and **f must be even( otherwise, starting in the interior of C, **f could not finally return to the interior), and the center of rotation at t is the argument of the function, not a value. Now when Henri has completed four complete Push-Pull_Super-Sets No. 1, the professor allows him about a five minute rest period before starting him on four complete Push-Pull_Super-Sets No. 2. My memory has catalogued for easy reference and withdrawal the image of her pink, scented stationery and the unsloped, almost configurations of her neat, studious handwriting with which she invited me to recall our summer, so many sentences beginning with`` Remember when''; and_others concerning camp friends who resided in her suburban neighborhood, and news of her commencing again her piano_lessons, her private_school, a visit to Boston to see her grandparents and an uncle who was a surgeon returned on furlough, wounded, from the war in Europe. After it has been seen, have the child start on a mat on hands and knees( a thin, inexpensive mat is quite sufficient for anything that does not require falling). We need you to start it. Just when it seems baseball might be losing its grip on the masses up pops heroics to start of tongues to wagging.