He didn't want to come in the first place, but Mad-Eye made him, and You-Know-Who went straight for them. It was enough to make anyone panic.

他本来就不想来，是疯眼汉强迫他的，神秘人直接朝他们追去，换了谁都会惊惶失措。

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In the first place, the boy creature did not come into the garden on his legs.

首先，那个男孩不是靠他的双腿进入花园的。

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After all, that's where the ideas for useful software come from in the first place.

不管怎么说，实用软件的想法都是先从这些地方冒出来的。

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For another, they come in the first place by courtesy of Social Security.

ECONOMIST: Phil Gramm goes shooting

The light seemed to be draining out of the room, going back through the window where it had come from in the first place.

NEWYORKER: Beginners

If K-type behaviour is not delivering the goods then it should never have come about in the first place.

ECONOMIST: Why, as people get richer, do they have fewer children?