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прилива
开始 kāishǐ
beginning [bıˈgınıŋ] N
1. beginning:
beginning
开始 kāishǐ
beginning
开端 kāiduān
2. beginning:
beginning
起源 qǐyuán
begin <began; begun; beginning> [bıˈgın] VB trans, intr
(使)开始 kāishǐ
Phrases:
begin on [or upon]
着手进行 zhuóshǒu jìnxíng
开始 kāishǐ
首先 shǒuxiān
第一 dìyī
Present
Ibegin
youbegin
he/she/itbegins
webegin
youbegin
theybegin
Past
Ibegan
youbegan
he/she/itbegan
webegan
youbegan
theybegan
Present Perfect
Ihavebegun
youhavebegun
he/she/ithasbegun
wehavebegun
youhavebegun
theyhavebegun
Past Perfect
Ihadbegun
youhadbegun
he/she/ithadbegun
wehadbegun
youhadbegun
theyhadbegun
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The Vietnamese-language broadcast signal was also jammed by the Vietnamese government since the beginning.
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The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account.
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