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first hand

if you experience something first hand, you experience it yourself Many reporters based in the capital are experiencing the war first hand. It is difficult to appreciate the scale of the problem without seeing the effects of the famine at first hand.

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This young man had been hired out by his master to work in a bagging factory, where his adroitness and ingenuity caused him to be considered the first hand in the place. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context "There is nothing like first hand evidence," he remarked; "as a matter of fact, my mind is entirely made up upon the case, but still we may as well learn all that is to be learned. A Study In Scarlet by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context In those days my experience of life at first hand was small, and it excited me to come upon an incident among people I knew of the same sort as I had read in books. Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context			fire a shot across bows fire away fire back fire blanks fire in belly fire into Fire is a good servant but a bad master fire off fire on fire over fire under fire up fire with anger fired up firing firing on all cylinders firm firm hand firm up first first among equals first and foremost First catch your hare First come, first served first crack at first hand first hundred years are the hardest First impressions are the most lasting First in, best dressed first leg first of all first off first see the light of day first step is always the hardest first thing First things first firstest with the mostest fish fish for fish for a compliment fish for compliments fish in troubled waters Fish or cut bait fish out of fish story fish up out of fishing fishing expedition fist fit fit and trim			First German Lego Train Club First Germanic sound shift First Germanic sound shift First Gin of the Day First Global Community College First Global Enterprise, Inc. First Global Financial Advisors, Inc. First Global Gathering First Global Gathering First Global Gathering First Global Investment Trust Co. Ltd. First Global Merchant Services First Granite Bancorp, Inc. First Great Western First Great Western Link First Green identity First Guarantee Pension Limited First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation First Guardian Financial Corporation First Guess at Appropriate Time First Gulf Bank First Gulf Financial Services First Gulf War First Gulf War first gust First haircut First haircut first half first half First Half Final Certificate first hand First Hand Experience First Hand Knowledge First Hand Wrestling first harmonic first harmonic First Harmonic Approximation First Hawaiian Bank First Health Services First Health Services Corporation first heart sound first heart sound First Heartbeat Wave First Henderson United Methodist Church First Heritage Federal Credit Union First Herring Brook Watershed Initiative First Hill Diagnostic Imaging First Historical Archives of China First Hitting Time First Holy Communion First Home First Home Buyer First Home Buyers Bonus First Home Buyers Grant First Home Exchange Alliance First Home Insurance Company

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