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At first and first

/ at fəːst ənd fəːst/

At first is used to talk about the beginning of a situation.

At first is often followed by but.

 

In any other cases, we usually use first.

 

Examples

At first everything seemed nice, but then things started going wrong.
I first met her at a work.

 

Across and through

The difference between across and through is similar to the difference between on and in.

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