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at first {adverb}
au début · d'abord

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English-French translation for "at first"

"at first" French translation

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at first {adverb}

at first {adv.} (also: at the beginning)

au début {adv.}

At first, the Commission had carried out its activities without a budget or resources.

Au début, la Commission nationale a commencé à travailler sans budget ni ressources.

At first, his rebel commanders armed him with a slingshot and a machete.

Au début, ses commandants rebelles lui ont donné un lance-pierres et une machette.

If there is no one to take my hand at first, then I reach out again the day after.

Si, au début, personne ne me tend la main, j'essaie encore le lendemain.

Parents at first separately attend a series of five group sessions.

Au début, les parents assistent séparément à une série de cinq séances de groupe.

At first, these migrants came from the West Coast of the United States.

Au début, ces immigrants venaient de la côte ouest des États-Unis.

at first {adv.} (also: indeed, firstly, at the outset, right away)

d'abord {adv.}

At first, the mode of transmission of the virus was essentially heterosexual.

Tout d'abord, le mode de transmission du virus est essentiellement hétérosexuel.

We were absolutely convinced at first that there was no chance of this working.

Tout d'abord, nous avons tout simplement pensé que ce n'était pas possible.

He was reported at first to have been sentenced to death but that was later overturned.

Il aurait d'abord été condamné à mort, cette sentence ayant été plus tard rapportée.

At first, we feared that the fighting in Kisangani would wreck our trip.

Nous avons d'abord craint que les combats à Kisangani ne gâchent notre voyage.

Things that are taboo at first, such as the euro, may appeal later on.

Ce qui est d'abord un tabou, comme l'euro, peut ensuite devenir souhaitable.

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Usage examples for "at first" in French

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at first appearance

à première vue

love at first sight

coup de foudre

Age at First Marriage

L'âge au premier mariage

at its twenty-first session

TABLE DES MATIÈRES

at the forty-first session

ADOPTION DE L'ORDRE DU JOUR

At first, nothing.

Dans un premier temps, rien.

At its first meeting,

i) À sa première réunion,

Average age at first marriage

Âge moyen au premier mariage

Average age at first marriage

Âge moyen du premier mariage

(l) At their first meeting,

l) À leur première réunion,

That is at least a first step.

C'est au moins un premier pas.

It is like love at first sight.

C'est comme un coup de foudre.

At the thirty-first session:

À la trente et unième session:

to throw the first stone at sb.

jeter la (première) pierre à qn.

Similar words

asunder · asylum · asymmetric · asymmetrical · asymmetry · asymptomatic · asynchronous · asynclitism · asytole · at · at-first · at-sign · atavism · atavistic · ataxia · ataxy · atelectasis · atelier · Athabasca · atheism · atheist

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