| Russian | English |
| лёгкие задачи выполнять в первую очередь | grab low-hanging fruit (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| на первом месте | number one priority (по важности: The safety of our community remains our number one priority. -- остаётся для нас на первом месте ART Vancouver) |
| на первом месте | be one's number one concern (Obviously, the safety of our customers is our number one concern. – стоит для нас на первом месте ART Vancouver) |
| на первом месте в списке | at the top of the list (кандидатов на должность, возможных причин случившегося и т.п.: Defects in the shotcrete, such as insufficient thickness or poor consolidation in and around the tieback anchor plates, are an obvious first place to look for possible causes, he said. “That’s got to be at the top of the list of potential causes,” he said. “Shotcrete being that it’s like this onsite-injected concrete, the variability is very high. If the person doing the job isn’t going a great job, it can very quickly not be good quality.”  vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
| не в первый раз сталкиваться | no stranger to (с каким-л. явлением, проблемой и т.п.: The former Navy pilot and UFO witness has started to publish the testimonies of other pilots who have had UFO encounters. Graves, who is certainly no stranger to UFOs having witnessed a mysterious object with no visible means of propulsion around 10 years ago during his time with the US Navy, has now started to publish the testimonies of other (anonymous) pilot witnesses on his Twitter account. unexplained-mysteries.com ART Vancouver) |
| не ты первый, не ты последний | we've all been there (Abysslooker) |
| первый шаг в развитии деловых отношений | Get your foot in the door (Interex) |
| повествование от первого лица | first-person account ("Four Shot Dead, Nine Wounded." This was the headline on May 4, 1970 in Kent, Ohio, when National Guardsmen turned and fired more than 60 bullets at demonstrators against the Vietnam War at Kent State University. In just 13 seconds, four students were killed. Veteran May 4th journalist, Robert Giles, editor who directed The Akron Beacon Journal's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage, joined Ian Punnett to present an unforgettable, first-person account of what took place on the Kent State campus and in his newsroom during that fateful time. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| при первом удобном случае | at a later opportunity (sankozh) |
| рассказ от первого лица | first-person account ("Four Shot Dead, Nine Wounded." This was the headline on May 4, 1970 in Kent, Ohio, when National Guardsmen turned and fired more than 60 bullets at demonstrators against the Vietnam War at Kent State University. In just 13 seconds, four students were killed. Veteran May 4th journalist, Robert Giles, editor who directed The Akron Beacon Journal's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage, joined Ian Punnett to present an unforgettable, first-person account of what took place on the Kent State campus and in his newsroom during that fateful time. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
