in the first place

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in the first place

in the beginning We should never have agreed to this in the first place. We only had four of these glasses in the first place, and now I've broken two of them.

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In the first place it is used with reference to habit or disposition or any other quality, for we are said to 'have' a piece of knowledge or a virtue. The Categories by Aristotle View in context Edna Pontellier could not have told why, wishing to go to the beach with Robert, she should in the first place have declined, and in the second place have followed in obedience to one of the two contradictory impulses which impelled her. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context In the first place his red beard, ragged and untrimmed, hid much of his face, and his hair was long; but the most surprising change in him was his extreme thinness. Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context			in the catbird seat in the chips in the clear in the cold light of day in the Common Era in the context of In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the cross hairs in the dark in the dead of night in the dead of the night in the doghouse in the doldrums in the drink in the driver's seat in the dumps in the end in the event of in the eyes of in the eyes of the law in the face of in the family in the family way in the fast lane in the final analysis in the first place in the first place and in the first instance in the flesh in the fullness of time in the grand scheme of things in the grip of in the groove in the gutter in the hands of in the heat of in the heat of the moment in the hole in the hopper in the hot seat in the house in the interest of in the interest of saving time in the interim in the know in the lap of luxury in the laundry in the light of in the line of duty in the line of fire in the long run in the long term			in the face in the face in the face in the face in the face in the face of in the fad in the family In the family way In the family way In the family way In the family way In the family way in the fashion in the fashion in the fashion in the fast lane in the field of public debate in the final analysis in the final analysis in the final analysis in the final analysis in the final analysis in the final analysis in the final analysis in the final moments of life in the firing line in the first instance in the first instance in the first instance in the first place in the first place and in the first instance in the flesh in the flesh in the flesh in the flesh in the flesh in the forefront in the fullness of time in the fulness of time in the fulness of time in the fulness of time in the Future In the Garden Ministries In the Garden Software in the general time frame in the good graces of in the good graces of in the good graces of In the Grand Manner in the grand scheme of things In the Gravest Extreme in the great scheme of things in the grip of in the groove in the groove in the groove in the groove in the groove In the Groove (disambiguation) In the gross

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