begin
v. /bɪˈɡɪn/ A1
开始；着手
To start doing something or start to happen.
仙境例句
Nobody said “One, two, three, and away”, so the animals began when they liked.
谁也没喊“一、二、三，跑”，所以动物们想什么时候开跑就什么时候开跑。
原著这一句
For instance, suppose it were nine o’clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you’d only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling!
比如早上九点刚要开始上课，你只要冲时间悄悄递个话，时钟一眨眼就转起来了！
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