No. 390 in Russian
начале
"Начале" means "beginning" or "start" (prepositional case, typically used with "в начале" – "at the beginning").
In a sentence
В начале книги описывается знакомство героев.
At the beginning of the book, the introduction of the characters is described.
Refers to the initial part of a thing, such as a book.
Я вернулся домой в начале месяца.
I returned home at the beginning of the month.
Refers to the start of a time period, such as a month.
Вчера мы обсуждали этот вопрос на собрании в начале.
Yesterday, we discussed this issue at the meeting initially.
Refers to the preliminary or starting phase of an event, such as a meeting.
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