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(the) first thing (in the morning)

before doing anything else. The first thing tomorrow, you'll have to cancel our reservations. White had a habit of playing his trumpet first thing in the morning, which really irritated his neighbors.

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The first thing I noticed was a range of mountains about two thousand feet high, the shapes of which were most capricious. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context To have nothing in common is evidently impossible, for society itself is one species of [1261a] community; and the first thing necessary thereunto is a common place of habitation, namely the city, which must be one, and this every citizen must have a share in. A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context The Pumpkinhead had brought a broom, which was the first thing he saw. The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context More results

References in classic literature

The first thing I noticed was a range of mountains about two thousand feet high, the shapes of which were most capricious.

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context

To have nothing in common is evidently impossible, for society itself is one species of [1261a] community; and the first thing necessary thereunto is a common place of habitation, namely the city, which must be one, and this every citizen must have a share in.

A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context

The Pumpkinhead had brought a broom, which was the first thing he saw.

The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

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