verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a nightmare begins
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The nightmare began when her mother fell ill.
a riot begins/breaks out/erupts
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Riots broke out last month following the verdict.
an era begins
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A new era began for Northern Ireland with the signing of the peace agreement.
auspicious start/beginning
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Saccani’s excellent recording is an auspicious start to what promises to be a distinguished musical career.
begin a consultation
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French and German officials began consultations with officials from the other four nations.
begin a strike
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Dock workers began a 24-hour strike last night.
begins in earnest
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On Monday your training begins in earnest !
begin/start a journey
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He began the journey home across London.
begin/start construction
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Developers are planning to begin construction on a new housing project.
begin/start out on/start a career
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Jacobson started his banking career in 1990.
begin/start proceedings ( also institute proceedings formal )
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They threatened to begin legal proceedings against him.
begin/start to laugh
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He suddenly began to laugh.
begun to surface
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Rumors about the killings have begun to surface in the press.
from beginning to end
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Michael Jordon led the race from beginning to end.
signal the start/beginning/end of sth
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the lengthening days that signal the end of winter
start/begin a relationship
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She is in no hurry to start another relationship.
start/begin to cry
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She suddenly started to cry.
talks begin
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Talks began in October and Venezuela said it expects an agreement to be signed soon.
the beginning of the century
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Coco Chanel was born in France at the beginning of the century.
the beginning of...epoch
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the beginning of a new epoch
the beginning/end of an era
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The closure of the last coal mine marked the end of an era in Wales.
the beginning/end of the recession
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The Chancellor is confident that we shall see the end of the recession in the next few months.
the beginning/end/middle of the month
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You’ll receive your wages at the end of the month.
the beginning/start of a chapter
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His character is introduced at the beginning of the first chapter.
the beginning/start of term
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The beginning of term was only two days away.
the beginning/start of the year
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They moved here at the beginning of last year.
the very beginning
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It is clear from the very beginning of the play that he is a weak and unpopular ruler.
work starts/begins
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Work had already started on the bridge when the error was spotted.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
again
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When Charles's troops had re-formed, battle began again .
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The next night, the same fight began again .
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The race begins again in the chilly, wet, industrialised north.
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Racial violence began again when law enforcement officers brutalized peaceful civil rights protestors.
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I shouted again to encourage him and the footsteps began again, this time crunching in my direction.
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After four carefree years, one enters the Company, where the daily round of obedient toil begins again .
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Next morning, the snowstorm stopped, and the journey began again .
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It was begun again in 1939 and opened in July 1943.
already
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Voice over Monitoring of the service has already begun , and results for the first four months will be published in May.
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Work has already begun on felling alien species on the 750-hectare Glenmore reserve.
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The 46-year-old has already begun his job.
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Experts have reported that rock falls have already begun , and that the ceiling of the chamber may collapse within two years.
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Pat Hayes, a 10-year plant veteran at the age of 30, has already begun to hedge her bets.
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Early in 1202 secret negotiations had already begun between Otto and Innocent.
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She had already begun to gyrate and deepen, before expanding like some mammoth top.
■ NOUN
career
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He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant to Jim Harrick at Pepperdine in 1982.
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She began her journalism career with the Dayton Journal Herald as a copy girl.
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Nevertheless, several of the experimental novelists mentioned above actually began their careers in the 1930s.
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When and if he actually begins a major league career , Irabu had better be good.
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Lawrence was thirty-six years old, the same age at which his father had begun his own theatrical career .
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He had begun this career with exceptional promise, creating a splendid army.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be in at the beginning/start (of sth)
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But Effie Bawn was in at the start.
charity begins at home
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After all, charity begins at home.
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Despite the profit-making prospects in this it has been treated with utter contempt on the grounds that charity begins at home.
end/finish/begin etc (sth) on a high note
start/begin anew
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Los Angeles was regarded as the place to begin life anew .
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And then silence again and the whole sequence begins anew .
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If nothing else, the legal clock on the case will likely start anew when it returns to the trial court.
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She was fresher now, more confident; confident enough to scrap the entire chapter and begin anew .
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The reaction would start anew , but this time with no way to remove its heat.
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The sun floods in, young plants shoot upwards and the struggle starts anew as the winners block light from their inferiors.
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We should at least be able to start anew with some element of hope.
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When this landmass begins to warm up that section of the mantle, the cycle begins anew .
the beginning of the end
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Mandela's release was the beginning of the end of apartheid.
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Can this be the beginning of the end for vastly over priced computer training courses?
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His death was the beginning of the end, the ultimate cause, as Rex sees it, of his own injuries.
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In retrospect it is clear to me that my arrival at Salomon marked the beginning of the end of that hallowed institution.
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It was the beginning of the end.
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One seat: Was it the beginning of the end?
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That, according to a 150-page draft report, was the beginning of the end.
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The failure of those protests was the beginning of the end of a postwar dream of social transformation through political means.
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Would this be the beginning of the end of the regime?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"What do you mean?" she said, beginning to laugh.
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Casting for the play will begin next week.
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More and more people are beginning to do their shopping on-line.
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Once the children were quiet, the teacher began.
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The audience suddenly began shouting and cheering.
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They began their holiday in Italy, and then went on to Greece.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And when he begins that breathing, he automatically feels calm and in control.
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As the meat begins to firm from cooking, it will be less likely to stick to the grill.
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I held the stare until my eyes began to water.
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Peter came in and began to chat me up.
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Several new businesses began operating during the year and are already trading profitably.