As of 6th April 1999, all gifts to charities will be free of tax. 自1999年4月6日起，对慈善机构的所有捐赠都将免税。

At first blush it looks like any other car.

At first glance, the theory seems to make a lot of sense. 乍看起来，这个理论似乎很有道理。

The earliest we could be there is 7.30. 我们最早能在7∶30到那儿。

They borrowed $65 million to cover the first six months of 1993. 他们借了6,500万美元来应付1993年前6个月的开支。

For starters, we ought to explain why we're here. 首先，我们应该解释我们为什么在这里。

I told you from day one that this would never work.

It took only three years to write it from scratch. 从头开始写只用了3年时间。

We'll have to do the whole thing again from scratch. 我们这整件事情得重新开始。

We expected business would start slowly, but from the word go we were really busy. 我们期望生意会慢慢开始，但从一开始我们就很忙。

There is no front-end fee for the share plan.

Initially she worked for us as a secretary. 最初她给我们当秘书。

These scholarships will normally be awarded for one year in the first instance, with a likely extension. 这些奖学金通常一开始只颁发一年，有可能会延长。

If you don't like her, why invite her in the first place? 如果你不喜欢她，为什么首先邀请她呢？

young people on the threshold of their careers 开始职业生涯的年轻人

His novels were originally published in serial form in a magazine. 他的小说原先是以连载的形式刊登在一份杂志上的。

I hated her right from the start. 从一开始我就恨她。

How did you get involved to begin with? 你一开始是怎么卷进去的？

Let's have a few easy questions to start with. 让我们先从一些简单的问题开始。

Trade sanctions have been imposed with effect from 1 April. 贸易制裁从4月1日起已实行。