"in prima battuta" meaning in Italian

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  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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      "examples": [
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          "english": "The bar, where we glanced first, was crowded but Gatsby was not there.\n(literally, “The bar, where we deviated to first, was full, but there was no trace of Gatsby.”)",
          "ref": "2013, chapter 3, in F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 76",
          "text": "Il bar, dove deviammo in prima battuta, era affollato, ma di Gatsby non c'era traccia.",
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        "at first, in the first instance, to start with"
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          "to start with",
          "to start with"
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  "word": "in prima battuta"
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        {
          "english": "The bar, where we glanced first, was crowded but Gatsby was not there.\n(literally, “The bar, where we deviated to first, was full, but there was no trace of Gatsby.”)",
          "ref": "2013, chapter 3, in F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 76",
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        "at first, in the first instance, to start with"
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  "word": "in prima battuta"
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