(of a medicine, poison, strategy, action etc) to begin to produce its effect / to start working
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to feel respect
see 起早貪黑|起早贪黑[]
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
starting price / base fare (for a taxi trip, construction project etc)
fluff / lint / to feel nervous
to emit bubbles / to bubble / to foam (with rage) / to seethe
(of police etc) to discover and seize (stolen goods, contraband etc)
(of a sweater, fabric etc) to pill
to promote / to reinstate (in a position or job)
(of skin) to peel
to shrivel
to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative)
magnetization / to magnetize
starter (for sourdough breadmaking)
to make a draft / to draft (a document)
to get goose bumps
airfield / takeoff and landing strip
aircraft takeoff and landing gear
starting salary
(slang) to build up a social media account (from scratch)
beginning and end (dates)
prosecutor
(law) plaintiff (in a civil case) / prosecutor (in a criminal case)
to practice divination
to start a story
start and end (dates) / origin and destination
draftsman / draughtsman
to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
hoist pulley
staple remover
claw hammer
clouding agent / emulsifier
electrostatic generator
(of fog or mist) to form / to set in / (of glass etc) to fog up
to start / at first / beginning
takeoff catapult (on aircraft carrier)
starting line
(of a group of people) to rush into action
before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom) / a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
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