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Is "found a secure work situation" a good expression for "found a stable job"?
I'd agree that the expression was a bit vague if it simply meant 'a job'. A "work situation" could mean anything from employment, to self employment, to an apprenticeship. It could even be ...
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Starting a sentence with “ At first”
You can start a sentence with "At first"… but not that one.
At first we were hesitant, but soon we plucked up the courage to advance.
'At first' used like this can be thought of as 'at/in ...
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Starting a sentence with “ At first”
From Collins:
Use at first when you are talking about what happens in the early stages of an event or experience, or just after something else has happened, in contrast to what happens later.
So you ...
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