in the first place
in
ÉĒn
in
the
ðə
dhē
first
fɜrst
fērst
place
pleÉĒs
pleis
/ÉĒnðə fˈɜːstplˌeÉĒs/

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

01

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϤ, āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡

used to explain the main reason or starting point of a situation
Collocation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Why hire him? In the first place, he's unqualified, and in the second, he's unreliable.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϕ⧇āύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ? āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϤ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĨ¤
02

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇, āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤ

at the original state, plan, or intention, especially when contrasting with later outcomes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Why did I trust someone who lied to me in the first place?
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧇āύ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϝ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇?
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ