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  1. in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originallyadverb

    before now

    "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"

    Synonyms:
    in the beginning, primitively, originally, before, sooner, to begin with, earlier, primarily

  2. primarily, in the first placeadverb

    of primary import

    "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter"

    Synonyms:
    in the beginning, primarily, originally, mainly, to begin with, in the main, earlier, chiefly, principally

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  1. Peter Chen:

    If you're going to follow Tony Abbott's agenda, then why did you roll him in the first place? It seems purely motivated by personal factors, i ... think that the early election is the more likely possibility.

  2. Shannon Johnstone:

    Throwing bodies into landfill after being injected with a barbiturate isn't good for the environment, my hope is that underlying that, we can figure out what to do to curb overpopulation from starting in first place.

  3. Didem Aktas:

    What we are seeing here is definitely telling us something is wrong in those buildings, and it can be that they were n’t designed in line with the code in the first place, or the implementation was n’t designed properly, we are also seeing in Turkey quite commonly that post-occupancy modifications on buildings compromise their structural safety. ! function() {.

  4. Rika Kihira:

    My goal was to get the first place twice in a row... so I became a little bit impatient because of my first mistake in the Axel. But I was able to recalculate and reassemble the structure of my performance, i tried to switch my mind and focus on the next element right away after my mistake. It was good experience for me to prepare for the next competition.

  5. Andrew Yang:

    The more we act like Donald Trump is the cause of all our problems, the more Americans lose trust that we can actually see what's going on in our communities and solve those problems, what we have to do is we have to stop being obsessed over impeachment -- which unfortunately strikes many Americans like a ballgame where you know what the score is going to be -- and start actually digging in and solving the problems that got Donald Trump elected in the first place.


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  • an erster Stelle, erstensGerman
  • πρώτα πρώτα, καταρχήν, κατά κύριο λόγοGreek
  • para empezar, en primer lugarSpanish
  • alkujaan, alun perin, aluksiFinnish
  • en premier lieu, à la base, à l'origineFrench
  • նախArmenian
  • di tempat pertamaIndonesian
  • そもそも, 最初, 先ず以てJapanese
  • allereerst, in de eerste plaatsDutch
  • łáaʼii góneʼNavajo, Navaho
  • сперва, первым делом, в первую голову, прежде всего, в первую очередь, сначалаRussian

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