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								Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992) 
 'begin' - used as a verb
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								take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
 We began working at dawn
 The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
 He began early in the day
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								have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
 The DMZ begins right over the hill
 The second movement begins after the Allegro
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								set in motion, cause to start
 The Iraqis began hostilities
 begin a new chapter in your life
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								begin to speak or say
 Now listen, friends,
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								be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
 The number 'one' begins the sequence
 A terrible murder begins the novel
 The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester
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								have a beginning, of a temporal event
 WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland
 The company's Asia tour begins next month
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								have a beginning characterized in some specified way
 The novel begins with a murder
 My property begins with the three maple trees
 Her day begins with a workout
 The semester begins with a convocation ceremony
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								begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
 begin a cigar
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								achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
 This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation
 You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war
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								begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
 She began Russian at an early age
 
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			| 1. Begin / Past began
 2. Begin / Third Person
 begins
 3. Begin / Present Participle
 beginning
 4. Begin / Past Participle
 begun
 
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