5
beginning(noun, start, offset, onset)
5
beginnings(noun, start, origin, offset)
5
preliminaries(noun, start, origin, offset)
4
at an early stage(noun, expression, start, beginning, origin)
4
square one(noun, expression, start, beginning, origin)
3
bottom(noun, start, beginning, offset)
3
brink(noun, start, beginning, offset)
3
incipient(noun, start, beginning, offset)
3
onset(noun, start, beginning, offset)
3
outset(noun, start, beginning, offset)
3
threshold(noun, start, beginning, offset)
2
from
1
first crack(expression, start, origin, offset)
1
first stage(expression, start, origin, offset)
1
very beginning(expression, start, origin, offset)
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