āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
in the first place
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in the first place
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϤ, āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§
used to explain the main reason or starting point of a situation
Collocation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Why hire him? In the first place, he's unqualified, and in the second, he's unreliable.
āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ? āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϤ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ
āϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŧāϤ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāϏā§āϤāĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύā§, āĻŽā§āϞāϤ
at the original state, plan, or intention, especially when contrasting with later outcomes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Why did I trust someone who lied to me in the first place?
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻāύāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āϝ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻĨā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞā§āĻā§?



























