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gen. to begin with; first and foremost; most particularly (Rori); most importantly (sea holly); above all; above all else; at first; first of all; to start with; principally (for the most part; chiefly (Oxford Dictionary) : "he was principally a landscape painter" (Oxford Dictionary) ART Vancouver); foremost; primarily; uppermost; above all things; chiefly; erst; firstly; the first thing; before everything else; nothing if not; for openers; ultimately (Georgy Moiseenko); preeminently (Notburga); most notably (kann_sein); first and utmost (qwarty); initially (Some or all of them may have had active or latent mutant abilities initially. Прежде всего, все или некоторые из них обладают явной или скрытой мутацией. Ольга Матвеева); at the outset (Olga Fomicheva); for starters (jouris-t); start with; first things first (4uzhoj); before anything else (Mikhail Bulgakov's "Heart of a Dog" is, before anything else, FUN. It's just really damn entertaining Alexander Oshis)
Игорь Миг to start out; at the end of the day
amer. upfront (Vadim Rouminsky)
busin. in the first instance
cliche. first off (перечисляя основные моменты: First off, I owe you a heck of an apology. • First off, congratulations on the new addition to your family! • This is our 5th time looking for a tenant in the past ~10 years. This time has been wildly unlike the others. First off, the response has been overwhelming. Well north of 100 replies in less than 24 hours. (Reddit) ART Vancouver)
formal principally (ART Vancouver)
inf. in the first place; before we go any further (SirReal)
lat. ante omnia; primo; in primis (Sergeant Politeness)
law, lat. prima facie
Makarov. the first thing
math. first
relig. imprimis; primo (Latin for "in the first place")
sport. crucially (DoctorKto)
uncom. for one thing (в знач. "уже хотя бы потому, что": Sergio was not what Fabio had expected. He was tall, for one thing: tall and athletically built.)
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