I think that is a good start point for us than to start everything from scratch.

我认为这是我们的一个很好的起点，而不是一切从头开始。

youdao

If you clearly see you're going into the wrong direction with your strategy do not be afraid to stop and rethink everything even if it means you have to start everything from scratch.

如果你很清楚地意识到走了一条与自己规划不符的道路，不要害怕停下来重新考虑它。尽管这意味着你要绞尽脑汁将一切重新开始。

youdao

I just very selfishly couldn't imagine the idea that our lives would just lose everything, and that we'd have to start from scratch.

我很自私，我没法想象我们丢掉生命就会失去一切东西，所以必须重新振作。

youdao

If we returned, we would have to start from scratch and go through everything we went through in Iran, all over again.

BBC: NEWS | South Asia | Moscow's Afghan war: The refugee's story

Treblinka became real, the shift from myth to reality took place in a blinding flash, the encounter between a name and a place wiped out everything I had learned, forced me to start again from scratch.

NEWYORKER: Witness