Beginning Bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ Japan July Working Summer Start End

• we're going to japan at the beginning of july.
• she's been working there since the beginning of last summer.
• we missed the beginning of the movie.
• let's start again from the beginning.

beginning

1. the time when something starts; the first part of an event, a story, etc.
• We're going to Japan at the beginning of July.
• She's been working there since the beginning of last summer.
• We missed the beginning of the movie.
• Let's start again from the beginning.
• The birth of their first child marked the beginning of a new era in their married life.
• I've read the whole book from beginning to end and still can't understand it.
• at the beginning of the week/year/story/movie/game
• In the beginning, we just tried to keep everything very simple. Later on, …
2. the first or early ideas, signs or stages of something
• Did democracy have its beginnings in ancient Greece?
• He built up his multimillion-pound music business from small beginnings.
3. the first sign of something ending
• The scandal was the beginning of the end of his career as a politician.

Extra Examples

• From these small beginnings it grew into the vast company we know today.
• I disliked her from the very beginning.
• I’m paid at the beginning of each month.
• In the beginning I found the course very difficult.
• It was an auspicious beginning to his long career.
• She spoke of a new beginning for the nation.
• Tell me the whole story, right from the beginning.
• That day was the beginning of the end of our friendship.
• The play was nonsense from beginning to end.
• The society had its early beginnings in discussion groups.
• These changes are just the beginning: much more is to come.
• This invention marked the beginning of the modern age.
• a custom that traces its beginnings to the 15th century
• I’ve read the whole book from beginning to end.
• Let’s start again from the beginning.
• She’s been working there since the beginning of last summer.
• We’re going to Japan at the beginning of July.
• the beginning/start of the day/week/year/century/a new era