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For the verb: "to begin"

Simple Past:	began
Past Participle:	begun

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

begin

1. transitive verb commencer (journey, meeting, meal, game) (with par, avec);
   provoquer (debate, dispute);
   lancer (campaign, trend);
   déclencher (war);
   to ~ doing commencer à faire.

2. intransitive verb commencer;
   to ~ with sth commencer par qch;
   to ~ again recommencer.

3. to begin with phrase (at first) au début, au départ;
   (firstly) d'abord, premièrement.

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'begin' found in these entries:

English:

badly - by - come - earnest - first - hardly - start - take

French:

alourdir - amorcer - attaquer - commencer - débuter - déclencher - ébaucher - engager - nouer

begin: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
begin	vtr	(start an activity)	commencer vtr ⇒
Liz begins her homework as soon as she gets home.
Liz commence ses devoirs dès qu'elle est rentrée.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
begin	vi	(start an activity)	commencer, débuter vi ⇒ ⇒
The crowd was waiting for the concert to begin.
Les gens attendaient que le concert commence (or: débute).
begin	vi	(come into being) jour	se lever vpr ⇒
A rooster crows as the day begins.
Un coq se met à chanter alors que le jour se lève.
begin	vi	(start speaking) commencer	se lancer vi ⇒
At his support group meeting, Alex is always the first to begin.
Dans son groupe de thérapie, Alex est toujours le premier à se lancer.
begin	vtr	(bring into being) commencer	débuter vtr ⇒
The priest begins the church service with a song.
Le prêtre a débuté la messe par un cantique.
begin	vtr	(start speaking)	être le premier à vi
In any discussion, Wendy is always first to begin disagreeing.
Dans toutes les discussions, Wendy est toujours la première à avoir une opinion différente.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
begin again		v	recommencer ⇒
begin to		v	commencer à
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Always begin a sentence with a capital letter
and let the danse begin
And now you begin your journey to become
available to begin work?
Begin a telephone call
begin by / finished by
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begin or start
begin planning my internship
begin the day
Begin the procedure
Begin to = commencer à?
begin to imagine
begin to mature until
begin to rely on
begin to resent the fact
begin to seeing: can you say that? - grammaire
begin with
begin with
Begin/start
doesn't even begin to describe
Don’t begin by insulting me!
EN: begin + infinitive/gerund - grammaire
How to begin an oral presentation?
I can't even begin to tell you
I can’t even begin to understand
I cannot begin to express how I feel about you
I'd like to begin by congratulating you all.
In the 60s, it was necessary for women to begin working - grammaire
Is it Ok to begin the class by eating the cookies
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