Without knowing anything, George began to climb the stairs.
ジョージは何も知らずに階段をのぼり始めた。
It was beginning to snow.
雪が降り始めていた。
The bell rang, and the train began to move.
ベルが鳴って、列車は動き始めた。
The company is owned by a group of entrepreneurs who started it right after the war.
その会社は戦後すぐに同社を始めた何人かの企業家が保有している。
There is a tendency for Japanese to want to know a certain amount of personal information about someone such as age, position and whether they are married or not, before they feel comfortable talking with a stranger.
Fred took a liking to Jane and started dating her.
フレッドはジェーンが好きになり、彼女と付き合い始めた。
It's about time you set about cleaning the table.
そろそろテーブルを片づけて始めてよい時間だよ。
Which shall I begin with?
どちらから始めましょうか。
I just started learning flower arrangement last month, so I'm still a beginner.
先月、生け花を学び始めたばかりですので、まだ、初心者です。
Mary started taking her clothes off.
メアリーは服を脱ぎ始めた。
We started to walk.
私達は歩き始めた。
To make matters worse, it began to snow.
さらに悪いことには、雪が降り始めた。
The play began exactly on time.
劇はちょうど定刻に始まった。
They started early for fear they should miss the first train.
彼らは始発電車に乗り遅れないように早く出発した。
The room started to spin after I drank too much.
飲み過ぎて部屋が回り始めた。
If he should arrive late, you may start the conference without him.
もし彼が遅れてくるようなら、彼がいなくても会議を始めてよい。
I wonder when the Civil War started.
南北戦争はいつ始まったのかしら。
His English is not bad, seeing that he has studied for only two years.
習い始めて2年しかならないのを考えると、彼の英語も悪くない。
We could accomplish what we had started before.
私たちは以前始めたことを成し遂げることができた。
I started sailing last year.
私は昨年ヨットの操縦を始めた。
This is true partly because non-Westerners have begun to take pride in their own cultures and partly because those areas of the world where forks are not used have some of the highest birth rates.
She entered into conversation with that old woman.
彼女はその老婦人と話を始めた。
The radio warned us of the coming earthquake and we started gathering our things.
ラジオで地震の警告をしたので、私たちは荷物をまとめ始めた。
Each part of a book starts with references to its author's life: a passage from a read book, a question directed to a stranger on a roadside, something shouted by a girlfriend.