Usages of начинаться
После песни из кулис выходит режиссёр, и начинаются аплодисменты.
After the song, the director comes out from the wings, and the applause begins.
Экзамен начинается утром.
The exam starts in the morning.
Эта закладка лежит в книге на том месте, где начинается важный абзац.
This bookmark is in the book at the place where the important paragraph begins.
Мы говорим «едва я вошёл, как...» или «едва поезд остановился, как...», когда второе действие начинается почти сразу.
We say “hardly had I come in when...” or “hardly had the train stopped when...”, when the second action begins almost immediately.
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