in the beginning
in
ÉĒn
in
the
ðə
dhē
be
bÉĒ
bi
gi
gÉĒ
gi
nning
nÉĒng
ning
/ÉĒnðə bÉĒɥˈÉĒnÉĒŋ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "in the beginning"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡

used to refer to the initial phase or time when something starts or is just getting underway
Collocation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the beginning, learning the new language was difficult, but she eventually became fluent.
āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇, āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀āϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡

before now
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ