Well, in the first place he has all the right qualifications.

噢，首先，他符合一切条件。

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What made you want to become a taxi driver in the first place?

起初是什么使你想成为一名出租车司机的呢？

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It is important to understand what causes your stress in the first place.

重要的是，首先要了解是什么导致了你的压力。

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It might help some get into a top college, but only if they have above-average scores in the first place.

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And he's going to have to rectify the circumstances that made his destruction of the earth necessary in the first place.

他不得不修正,他认为有必要毁灭人类的情形。

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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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Muto's short-lived tenure as the Fox "mole" wasn't particularly well thought-out in the first place.

WSJ: Fox News 'mole' resurfaces with book

The vision is the reason for being in the car and driving in the first place.

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Somebody needs to remind us why this story was interesting in the first place.

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