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in the beginning

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Adv.1.in the beginning - with reference to the origin or beginning
primitively, originally
2.in the beginning - before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
in the first place, to begin with, earlier, originally


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And also it came to pass, that one evening in the beginning of February, just when the stars were beginning to twinkle, Cornelius heard on the staircase of the little turret a voice which thrilled through him.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
CONTAINING AS MUCH OF THE BIRTH OF THE FOUNDLING AS IS NECESSARY OR PROPER TO ACQUAINT THE READER WITH IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS HISTORY.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Mr Squeers, plying Mrs Sliderskew freely with the liquor, and sustaining himself under the exertion of speaking so loud by frequent applications to it himself, complied with this request by describing the discomfiture of Arthur Gride, with such improvements on the truth as happened to occur to him, and the ingenious invention and application of which had been very instrumental in recommending him to her notice in the beginning of their acquaintance.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
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