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start:…1918, four years after the start of the Great War.

opening:The opening of the scene depicts Akhnaten and his family in a moment of intimacy.

outset:Decide at the outset what kind of learning programme you want to follow.

onset:With the onset of war, oil prices climbed past $30 a barrel.

be|gonia /b I goʊ niə/ (begonias ) N‑COUNT A begonia is a garden plant which has large brightly coloured leaves.

be|got /b I gɒ t/ Begot is the past tense of beget .

be|got|ten /b I gɒ t ^ə n/ Begotten is the past participle of beget .

be|grudge /b I grʌ dʒ/ (begrudges , begrudging , begrudged )

1 VERB If you do not begrudge someone something, you do not feel angry, upset, or jealous that they have got it. □ [V n n] I certainly don't begrudge him the Nobel Prize.

2 VERB If you do not begrudge something such as time or money, you do not mind giving it up. □ [V n] I do not begrudge the money I have lost.

be|grudg|ing|ly /b I grʌ dʒ I ŋli/ ADV [ADV with v] If you do something begrudgingly , you do it unwillingly. □  He agreed to her suggestion begrudgingly.

be|guile /b I ga I l/ (beguiles , beguiling , beguiled )

1 VERB If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it. □ [be V -ed] We are beguiled by the country's beauty and its magnificent cultural past.

2 VERB If someone beguiles you into doing something, they trick you into doing it. □ [V n + into ] He used his newspapers to beguile the readers into buying shares in his company.

be|guil|ing /b I ga I l I ŋ/ ADJ Something that is beguiling is charming and attractive. [WRITTEN ] □  Mombasa is a town with a beguiling Arabic flavour. ●  be|guil|ing|ly ADV [ADV adj, ADV with v] □  He was beguilingly boyish and attractive.

be|gun /b I gʌ n/ Begun is the past participle of begin .

be|half ◆◇◇ /b I hɑː f, -hæ f/

1 PHRASE If you do something on someone's behalf , you do it for that person as their representative. The form in someone's behalf is also used, mainly in American English. □  She made an emotional public appeal on her son's behalf. □  Secret Service officer Robin Thompson spoke on behalf of his colleagues.

2 PHRASE If you feel, for example, embarrassed or angry on someone's behalf , you feel embarrassed or angry for them. □  'What do you mean?' I asked, offended on Liddie's behalf.

be|have ◆◇◇ /b I he I v/ (behaves , behaving , behaved )

1 VERB The way that you behave is the way that you do and say things, and the things that you do and say. □ [V prep/adv] I couldn't believe these people were behaving in this way. □ [V prep/adv] He'd behaved badly.

2 VERB If you behave or behave yourself , you act in the way that people think is correct and proper. □ [V ] You have to behave. □ [V pron-refl] They were expected to behave themselves.

3 VERB In science, the way that something behaves is the things that it does. □ [V prep/adv] Under certain conditions, electrons can behave like waves rather than particles. SYNONYMS behave VERB 1

act:He acted as if he hadn't heard any of it.

react:'How did he react?'—'Very calmly.'

conduct yourself:The way he conducts himself reflects on the party.

acquit yourself:Most officers and men acquitted themselves well throughout the action.

go about:He went about looking ill and unhappy.