I had hardly started to work when it began to rain.
働きはじめるとすぐ雨が降り始めた。
Primitive calculating machines existed long before computers were developed.
原始的な計算機が、コンピューターの開発されるずっと以前に存在していた。
I started a new blog. I'll do my best to keep it going.
新しくブログを始めた。三日坊主にならないようがんばるぞ!
All these late nights were beginning to tell on my health.
このように連日遅くまで起きていたことが私の健康にこたえ始めていた。
Let's get started anyway.
とにかく始めてみよう。
She turned away from me to hide a tear that had begun to fall down her cheek.
涙の一滴が頬を伝って始めたことを私から隠すために彼女は目をそらしました。
The man suddenly started shooting his gun.
その男は突然、銃を撃ち始めた。
The Battle of San Jacinto began at four o'clock in the afternoon.
サンジャシントの戦いは午後4時に始まった。
Father took his place at the head of the table and began to say grace.
父はテーブルの上座の自分の席に着いて、お祈りを始めた。
If we begin early, we can finish by lunch.
早く始めれば昼飯までに終えられる。
He caught the first train and got there just in time.
彼は始発列車に乗り、ちょうど間に合ってそこに着いた。
My heart began to beat fast.
私の心臓はどきどきし始めた。
Those students whose names have been called will begin their exams.
名前を呼ばれた学生は試験を始めてください。
Autumn came and the leaves started to fall.
秋になり、木の葉が落ち始めた。
There are so-called primitive cultures in the jungles of the Amazon and on the island of New Guinea, and there are so-called advanced cultures in Europe, Asia, and Africa, but the languages of these cultures are all equally advanced and complex.
Hardly had the rain stopped when the ground began to freeze.
雨が止んだとたんに地面がこおり始めた。
Many families went west to make a new life on the frontier.
多くの家族が辺境で新生活を始めるため西へ行った。
She originated a new way of playing jazz on the shamisen.
彼女は三味線による新しいジャズの演奏法を始めた。
He put the machine in motion.
彼はその機械を動かし始めた。
The production of the automobile started in the 1980.
その自動車の生産は1980年に始まった。
As soon as Tom gets here, we'll start the meeting.
トムがここに到着したら、ミーテイングを始めよう。
My daughter has taken up doll collecting.
私の娘は人形を集め始めた。
Fishing often starts to go with the start of the Ayu season.
鮎漁の解禁日に合わせて漁が始まることが多い。
Each part of the book starts with a quote taken from the life of the author: a passage from a book, a question asked to a stranger on the road, something shouted by a girlfriend.
Midterm exams start next week. Just cramming the night before won't get you ready. There'll be a lot of tough questions. You should start studying today.
来週から中間テストだ。一夜漬けじゃ、太刀打ちできない問題ばかりだぞ。今日から始めろよ。
The teacher looked around the classroom and started to talk.
先生は教室を見回して話し始めた。
Some of Martin Luther King's supporters began to question his belief in peaceful protests.