a sinister beginning
不吉祥的開端

a beginning dentist
新開業的牙科醫生

the beginning of teen period
少年時期的開始

To a woman the first kiss is just the end of the beginning;to a man it is the beginning of the end.
對女人來說，第一吻只是開始的結局；對男人來說，這卻是預示結局的開始。

the beginning chapters of a book
一本書的頭几章

go right back to the beginning
一直回到開頭的地方

from the beginning to the end
從頭至尾

at the beginning of the year
年初

trees just beginning to leaf.
剛發芽的樹木

the beginning of the war.
戰爭初期