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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
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to begin with, start with ☊ 
bắt đầu bằng ☊
→ → →
like: bắt đầu bằng → →
begin at/with sth: Let's begin at page 9. ☊ begin ☊
begin by doing sth: She began by thanking us all for coming. ☊ begin ☊
begin with sth: Use 'an' before words beginning with a vowel. ☊ begin ☊
'I'm thinking of a country in Asia.' 'What does it begin with (= what is the first letter)?' ☊ begin ☊
She started a degree but dropped out after only a year. ☊ drop out (of sth) ☊
'Island' begins with (an) I/'I'. ☊ I ☊
He began by making a few general observations about the report. ☊ observation ☊
start as sth: She started as a secretary but ended up running the department. ☊ start ☊
start by doing sth: Let's start by reviewing what we did last week. ☊ start ☊
We started off by introducing ourselves. ☊ start off ☊