beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
first of all / in the first place
sophisticated / advanced (technology etc) / meritorious / exemplary (deeds etc)
a person of foresight / (religion) a prophet
before / previously
to lead / to be in front
in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior
to have priority / to take precedence
ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved
originally / original / former
(the) very first
beforehand / in advance
precedent
vanguard / pioneer / avant-garde
to pioneer / pioneer / trailblazer
to start off before the others / to precede / to proceed in advance
early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another
(loanword) shilling
an older generation / ancestors / forefathers
congenital / intrinsic / innate
(idiom) to gain the initiative by striking first / to preempt
(idiom) strike first to gain the upper hand
embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[]) / inborn / innate / natural
critical opportunity
ancestor / forefather / sb's late father
(idiom) the first impression is the strongest / to hold a preconceived notion (about sth)
omen
(usu. of troops) in advance / in the vanguard / previously / in front / placed ahead of others
pioneer / trailblazer
foresight
deceased father / my late father
vanguard
to rush (to do sth urgent) / to try to be the first / to forestall
previously / before
at first / in the beginning
(idiom) a long way in front / to lead by a wide margin
Mr Goody-goody / yes-man (sb who agrees with anything)
to take the lead / to show initiative
the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served
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