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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

To begin with...

Miranda: Ralph, there's something
I have to tell you. After we first met at the club,
Lord Graves came to see me.

Ralph: Graves?

Miranda: He offered me money to help my family if I would...
see you...and compromise you in some way.

Ralph: You went for it? You let him bribe you?

Miranda: To begin with. Not only that or just in the beginning?

Ralph: I don't believe this.

One dictionary says the underlined means in first place,
the other says it means for starters. Which one is true?
  

Top answer

She did it (took the money and tried to get him into an embarrassing situation) in the beginning/at first. But then something changed. She's no longer doing it.

— BarbaraPA

  • She did it (took the money and tried to get him into an embarrassing situation) in the beginning/at first.
  • But then something changed.
  • She's no longer doing it.
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She did it (took the money and tried to get him into an embarrassing situation) in the beginning/at first.

But then something changed. She's no longer doing it.
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So it always means in the beginning. Thanks, Barbara!
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No, not always, but in this case.
He's wrong for you for so many reasons. To begin with, he's already married. (For starters, as the first thing...)
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Thanks for the additional info.
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