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| early lunatic adapter phase (Alexsword92) | |||
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| first base (к чему-либо); gambit (в предприятии, действии); the thin end of the wedge (к чему-либо); the initiatory step; first (к чему-либо); A toe in the water (To put a toe in the water ZWern); preliminary; lead (в деле); the first plunge | |||
| gambit (в предложении, действии и т.п.) | |||
| opening salvo (в политической и др. борьбе; the first in a series of questions, statements etc that you use to try to win an argument: The newspaper article was the opening salvo in what proved to be a long battle. • Congressman Saunders fired the opening salvo during a heated debate on capital punishment. • Clinton fired the opening salvo last month when he included tax cuts in his proposed 1997 budget. • Lunar fired the opening salvo last month when it filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. 4uzhoj) | |||
| initiative | |||
| stepping stone (jouris-t) | |||
| the thin end of the wedge (к чему-либо) | |||
| first step (к чему-либо ssn); initial step (ssn) | |||
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| first steps; baby steps (часто в переносном смысле grafleonov) | |||
| getting started (ssn); initial steps (ssn) | |||
| Первые шаги: 122 phrases in 27 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 2 |
| Basketball | 2 |
| Business | 2 |
| Cliche / convention | 1 |
| Computer networks | 2 |
| Diplomacy | 1 |
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| Economy | 1 |
| Energy industry | 1 |
| Figurative | 1 |
| General | 44 |
| Historical | 1 |
| Idiomatic | 9 |
| Informal | 5 |
| Information technology | 1 |
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| Makarov | 18 |
| Mathematics | 2 |
| Military | 1 |
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| Politics | 1 |
| Programming | 14 |
| Proverb | 3 |
| Rhetoric | 2 |
| Scientific | 2 |
| Slang | 1 |
| Trade unions | 1 |