in the first place

🇬🇧 en ga 🇮🇪

in the first place /ɪn ðə ˈfɜːst pleɪs/ , /ɪn ðə ˈfɜːst plæɪs/ , /ɪn ðə ˈfɝst pleɪs/
to begin with	ó thosach, ó thús

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