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hi everybody welcome back to know your
verbs my name is Alicia and in this
episode we're going to talk about the
verb start let's get started
the basic definition of the verb start
is to begin or to initiate something
examples let's start dinner
I started a new project this year now
let's look at the conjugations for this
verb
present start starts past started past
participle started progressive starting
now let's talk about some additional
meanings for this verb the first
additional meaning is to move suddenly
to move suddenly like with surprise or
shock examples she started when the
phone rang the dog starts every time he
hears fireworks
so to start is like to jump it's like
this quick motion of surprise or shock
usually because something like loud
happened or something surprising happen
in the first example sentence a phone
rang and it maybe it surprised the
person so she started when the phone
rang it means she like kind of jumped
she made this motion like she was scared
or surprised in the second example
sentence it's fireworks the dog is
afraid of the fireworks so the dog
starts every time he hears fireworks so
the dog jumps makes this motion every
time he hears fireworks
the second additional meaning is to
cause to operate to cause to operate for
example go start the car I'm starting my
computer now so you can see that we use
this like with machines computers cars
airplanes buses these sorts of things
that require operation so to begin that
operation to initiate that operation we
use the verb start go start the car
means like begin the operations of the
car kind of or I'm starting my computer
now means like the computer is coming on
the power is on like it's beginning all
of its operating processes so to cause
to operate is another meaning of start
the third meaning is to begin something
with a person or thing this means like
an activity of some kind let's look at
some examples let's start the meeting
with sales I want to start the
conference with our keynote speaker so
here we see let's start the meeting with
sales in the first example sentence that
means let's begin the meeting by talking
about sales or it could mean let's begin
the meeting with a report from the sales
department so it kind of depends on the
situation specifically but in either
case it means that the topic in some way
is going to be about sales so let's
start the meeting with that
with that topic in the second example
sentence it's a specific person so let's
start the conference with the keynote
speaker means the keynote speaker will
be the person who begins the first
activity in the conference is the
keynote speaker we're beginning the
conference with that keynote speakers
speech presumably so third meeting okay
the fourth meaning of this verb is to
indicate the initial point for a range
or a course or something similar
examples plans start from $5 per month
the race starts here so in both of these
examples we see the beginning point
that's shown with the verb start so
plans start from five dollars a month
shows that five dollars a month is the
cheapest plan they start at this price
in the second example sentence the race
starts here this refers to the point
where the race begins from here the
people will race so it only refers to
the starting point the beginning point
the initial location
let's move on to some variations for
this verb now the first variation is to
start something or to start anything
this means to make trouble to make
trouble
examples are you trying to start
something keep your mouth shut and don't
start anything so both of these mean
making trouble in the first example
sentence it's a question are you trying
to start something means are you trying
to cause trouble are you trying to make
trouble are you trying to start a fight
in the second example sentence it's a
command like keep your mouth shut
and don't start anything so don't start
trouble don't make a scene
don't cause a fuss so make trouble start
something or start to anything okay the
second variation is to start over to
start over means to begin again examples
I lost the file and had to start over
she started over in a new city so these
just mean to begin again from zero so in
the first example sentence maybe all of
us have had this experience you delete a
file or there's some mistake with the
file it disappears and you have to start
over you have to begin again from zero
in the second example sentence it's
about starting over in a new city so in
other words beginning a new life in a
new city we use start over to refer to
that experience okay so I hope that you
got some new ways to use the verb start
from this video of course if you have
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