be gin ning 0-w /bi'gmirj/ noun
1
[C, usually sing.] ~ (of sth) the time when sth starts; the
first part of an event, a story, etc.If JF3&-;
ft: We’re going to
MI#o 0
We missed the beginning of the movie. $Hl] 0 Let’s start again from the beginning.
I^lllf/A^c?F#n <> 0 The birth
°ftheir first child marked the beginning of a new era in
their married life.
0 I’ve read the whole book from beginning to end and still can’t
understand it.
cma At the beginning (of) is used for the time
and place when something begins. In the beginning = at first and suggests a
contrast with a later situation. * at the beginning (of) JF.$p
|b] ffl & & o in
the beginning % I at first, if Jg ^ ft o
2
beginnings [pi.] the first or early ideas, signs or
stages of sth HU
%; Wl Wt Wl : Did
democ
racy have its beginnings in ancient
life" 0
He built up his multimillion-pound music
business from small beginnings fife £M p, 'M H the beginning
of the 'end the first sign of sth ending U^;
begone /bi'gDn;
NAmE -'gain; -’gain/ exclamation (old use) a way of
telling sb to go away immediately H; 'Mft bego nia /bi'gaunio; NAmE -'gou-j noun
a plant with large shiny flowers that may be pink, red, yellow or white, grown
indoors or in a garden be-gorra /bi'gnra; NAmE bi'goira; -'gair-/ exclamation {IrishE,
old-fashioned) used to express surprise (
t) km, W
begOt pt Of
BEGET begotten pp of beget
begrudge /bi'grAd3/
verb (often used in negative sentences f i f ^^^3) 1 to feel unhappy
that sb has sth because you do not think that they deserve it JRIP; ) il&Smt: [VNN] You surely
don’t begrudge him his happiness. fgflE0 o [VN -ing] I don’t begrudge her being
so successful.
2 to
feel unhappy
about having to do, pay or give sth MiM#;
I&;§tiifef#( ( ) : [VN] I
begrudge every second I spent trying
to help him.
i&„ o [V -ing] They begrudge paying so much money for a
second-rate service, & 'a %
(Hi &, 4P # !PJ Z1SPS® iBR
begrudgingly /bi'grAd3ir)li/
adv. = grudgingly be-guile /bi'gail/ verb [VN] (formal)
1 ~ sb
(into doing sth) to trick sb into doing sth, especially by being nice to them gtgg (
^AM^> ) ; She beguiled them
into believing her version of events. MBft^'ftfefl lfSfs T M o 2 to attract or interest sb ( ^A ) ; He was beguiled by her beauty. ftfei^&fefftHM
be guil ing /bi’gailirj/ adj. (formal) attractive and interesting
but sometimes mysterious or trying to trick you j£ A to ; if A ; if 31 beguiling
advertisements % W if W* Aj fT n- 0 Her
beauty was beguiling. ftfeJilfi&Ao ► beguiling ly adv. beguine /ba'giin/ noun a
M&m, ); tmn®
begum /'beigam/
noun a title of respect used for a Muslim woman of high rank and for a
married Muslim woman (
Begum Zia ^rMAA begun pp of begin
be half 0"w /bi'haif; NAmEbi'haef/ noun !T»T7n in behalf of sb | in sb’s behalf (US) in order to help sb fj
sb | on sb’s behalf 1 as the representative of sb or instead
of them ( J&ft# ) A: On behalf of the department I would like to thank
you all.