Begin ou Start ?

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” – Plato

 

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Quelle est la différence entre Begin et Start ?

Eh bien, il n’y en a pas. Les deux mots veulent dire la même chose, alors on peut les utiliser de la même manière. La seule chose à savoir est que begin est plus formel que start. Begin est un verbe irrégulier. Sa forme au passé simple est began et son participe passé est begun.

 

Quelques exemples :

• I cleared my interview and I begin work next week.
• The Vietnam War began in 1955.
• Autumn has already begun. How time flies!
• Start, à son tour, est un verbe régulier (start, started, started), et est moins formel.

 

Quelques exemples :

• I always start my day with a nice cup of coffee.
• I started working for this company last year.
• I have started learning English with YESNYOU Ouest.

 

Expressions avec Start :

• (One’s) start
• The starting point in one’s career (souvent suivi par ‘in’ quelque chose).
• After finishing my studies in Marketing, I got my start in a reputed company.
• The journalist wanted to know how I got my start in movies.
• Fresh start
• To start again.
• Life offered me a fresh start and I took it.
• Sometimes I feel like quitting my job and making a fresh start in another country.
• Start (off) with a bang
• To start with energy, enthusiasm, excitement.
• The concert started off with a bang but after three songs lost momentum.
• I want to start this year with a bang.

 

Expressions avec Begin :

• Charity begins at home
• One should help family and close friends first before helping others
• He works for an NGO but does not help his own son. He forgot that charity begins at home.
• Begin to see the light
• To start to finally understand something
• I never trusted my friend when he warned me that Boris was not a good man. I am finally beginning to see the light.
• Beginner’s luck : When an inexperienced person succeeds in something
• He beat me at Mario Kart even though he has never played the game. It was definitely beginner’s luck.

 

Nugget : On utilise start et non begin pour parler des machines.

Press the start/stop button to start the car.

 

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01/09/2025