5
introduction(noun, pages)
5
preface(noun, pages)
5
preliminary(noun, pages)
5
prelims(noun, spadework, lead-in, understructure, pages)
4
preliminaries(noun, pages)
2
back
2
book
2
exordium
2
explanatory matter(noun, spadework, lead-in, understructure, pages)
2
foreword
2
lap
2
preamble
2
proem
2
prolegomenon
2
prologue
2
sentence
2
title page
1
acknowledgment
1
acknowledgments
1
anteriority
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