我最初的反应是要婉言谢绝这个提议。

My initial reaction was to decline the offer.

《牛津词典》

我很吃惊，他们最初竟有脸问。

I'm amazed they had the cheek to ask in the first place.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

是他最初启发我起疑心的。

He planted the first seeds of doubt in my mind.

《牛津词典》

I basically gave them free ray at the beginning, so they work in small groups, and travel from site to site.

在最初，我给了他们充分的自由，孩子们组成学习小组，在各地游览。

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The reason I got to be a soccer team captain in the first place was because my coach said,

我最初之所以成为球队队长是因为我的教练说，

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And I'm fascinated by the way that even at that elemental point, the religions come in, and like the Tower Babel confuse our speech.

我还为一件事物着迷,那就是宗教最初产生的时候，就像巴别塔扰乱了我们的语言。

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