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"ref": "2005 December 6, The Advocate, number 952, page 88",
"text": "For starters, you can't talk to black people like you're a redneck cowboy. We hate redneck cowboys.",
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"ref": "2006, Neil Cherry, Linux Smart Homes For Dummies, page 187",
"text": "For starters, you must decide which hardware and software to use.",
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"(informal) As an initial point; before any other considerations."
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "pro začátek"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "for det første"
},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "til at begynde med"
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "om te beginnen"
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "ensiksikin"
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "alkajaisiksi"
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "zuerst mal"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "tanto per dirne una"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "tanto per cominciare"
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "innanzitutto"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "na dzień dobry"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "em primeiro lugar"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "dlja načála",
"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "для нача́ла"
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "pro začátek"
},
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "for det første"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "til at begynde med"
},
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "om te beginnen"
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "ensiksikin"
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"sense": "as an initial point",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "ensi alkuun"
},
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "primo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "zuerst mal"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "tanto per dirne una"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "tanto per cominciare"
},
{
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"word": "innanzitutto"
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "na dzień dobry"
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"sense": "as an initial point",
"word": "em primeiro lugar"
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