1.b> 1) (); I start work at nine ; when do you start your course? / ? there's so much to do, I don't know where to start , , / ; they started building the house in January ; it's starting to rain ;
2) (); what time does the film start? / ? I was only five when World War II started , II ; ticket prices start at / from / 20 and go up to 100 20 100 ; the moors start a little further to the north i> ;
2.b> 1) (), , ; we didn't want to start a panic / ; lightning started a fire that burned 500 acres / , 500 ; oh, don't go trying to start an argument , ; other girls were starting rumours about me ; to start a race (.i> i>); the news started me thinking ;
2) (), ; police believe the fire started in the kitchen , ; I heard the beat of a drum start up fairly close by , ; have you any idea where the rumour started? , / ?
3.b> (up) (; ), ( , . i>); he got onto his motor bike, started the engine and rode away , / ; the car won't start ; we heard an engine starting up in the street , / ;
4.b> 1) (out, off) (), , ; what time are we starting tomorrow? / ? we'll need to start out / off / early because the journey takes six hours , [.i> .i> to start off 1) i> 2); to start out 1) i> 2)]; the bus starts from the main depot ; I think it's time to start back , / ;
2) (), ; i> / ; they started down the street together ; he started for the door, but I blocked his way / , ; I started after her to tell her the news / , ;
5.b> (up) (; ), ( , . i>); they've decided to start their own business i> / ; she wanted to start up a little country pub / ; there are a lot of new companies starting up in that area now / ;
6.b> 1) (), (, .i>); a loud knock at the door made her start ; he started at the sound of the phone / ;
2) (), ; she started from her chair and rushed to the window ;
to start offb> 1) i> (; ) [.i> .i> 4 1)]; let's start off with some gentle exercises , ; we started off by introducing ourselves , ; the treatment should start off with attention to diet ;
2) = to start out [.i> .i> 4 1)]; he started off as an engineer but later became a teacher / , ; to start onb> 1) (), , ( i>); you'd better start on your homework ;
2) .i> / , i> i> (); he started on about the state of the roads i> / ; she started on about my not having proper furniture , ; she started on at me again about getting some new clothes / ; to start outb> 1) i> () [.i> .i> 4 1)]; she started out on her legal career in 1987 1987 ; to start out in business ; ; I started out to write a short story, but it soon developed into a novel , ;
2) ,i> i> () , i> [.i> .i> 4 1)]; she started out as a teacher in Glasgow i> .i> ; my dad started out as a sales assistant in a shop ; to start overb> .i> / i> (); if you make a mistake, you'll have to start over , ; she wasn't happy with our work and made us start over ;
don't (you) startb> .i> ; ; i> ( i>); don't start! I told you I'd be late / ! , -; to start off on the right [wrong] foot (with smb.)b> ( ) / [ / ] [.i> .i> foot Ir> ]; I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss , / ; to start withb> ) ; ( . i>); to start with, it's much too expensive , ; to start with, we need better computers. Then we need more training / , . , ; ) , , ; I was pretty nervous to start with, but after a while I was fine , ; the club had only six members to start with ; to start a familyb> .i> familyr> ; we're not ready to start a family yet ; to start the ball rollingb> .i> ballr> I .
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