start:
start to do sth 開(kāi)始（做某事）----?start on sth == make a start on (doing) sth 開(kāi)始做（需要做的事）
start by doing sth == start with sth 以...作為開(kāi)始 ----?start off by doing sth 從...開(kāi)始；從...著手 === start out by doing sth
have a head start on sb 領(lǐng)先
make a false start 有了一個(gè)不好的開(kāi)短赏胚；搶跑犯規(guī) ===?get off to a good/bad start
For a start简软， 首先 === To start with, 首先瓢宦，一開(kāi)始
in/by fits and starts 間歇性地歉井，一陣一陣地
start sb off doing sth 使某人開(kāi)始做某事
start out as sth 起初是...(如甚疟，起初是做房地產(chǎn)銷(xiāo)售的）
sb start over == sb start sth over 重新開(kāi)始茧跋；從頭再來(lái)
end:
end with sth --- end by doing sth --- end up doing sth
sb end it all?== sb commit suicide 自殺
sth be at an end == sth come to an end == put an end to sth 結(jié)束
at the end of the day 最終颤芬，到頭來(lái) in the end 最后悲幅，終于
sb have gone off the deep end == sb get/be out of sb's mind 瘋了套鹅，精神不正常
sb be thrown in at the deep end == sb jump in at the deep end 是落入無(wú)助的境地
do sth to the bitter/very end 堅(jiān)持到底做某事?（如: fight to the very end 抗?fàn)幍降祝?/p>
sth be/become an end in itself 某事本身就值得做
(have to) keep sb's end up == keep up sb's end of sth 做好自己的本分
make ends meet 收支平衡
hours/days/weeks/years?on end 連續(xù)的==in a row
reach the end of the road 到了...的盡頭了
sth will happen/be true?until/to the end of time 直到時(shí)間的盡頭
sth bad be not?the end of the world.?世界末日
be at the end of sb's tether 栓繩/rope 走投無(wú)路，無(wú)計(jì)可施
