start:

start to do sth 開始（做某事）----?start on sth == make a start on (doing) sth 開始做（需要做的事）

start by doing sth == start with sth 以...作為開始 ----?start off by doing sth 從...開始；從...著手 === start out by doing sth

have a head start on sb 領(lǐng)先

make a false start 有了一個(gè)不好的開短；搶跑犯規(guī) ===?get off to a good/bad start

For a start， 首先 === To start with, 首先，一開始

in/by fits and starts 間歇性地，一陣一陣地

start sb off doing sth 使某人開始做某事

start out as sth 起初是...(如，起初是做房地產(chǎn)銷售的）

sb start over == sb start sth over 重新開始；從頭再來

end:

end with sth --- end by doing sth --- end up doing sth

sb end it all?== sb commit suicide 自殺

sth be at an end == sth come to an end == put an end to sth 結(jié)束

at the end of the day 最終，到頭來 in the end 最后，終于

sb have gone off the deep end == sb get/be out of sb's mind 瘋了，精神不正常

sb be thrown in at the deep end == sb jump in at the deep end 是落入無助的境地

do sth to the bitter/very end 堅(jiān)持到底做某事?（如: fight to the very end 抗?fàn)幍降祝?/p>

sth be/become an end in itself 某事本身就值得做

(have to) keep sb's end up == keep up sb's end of sth 做好自己的本分

make ends meet 收支平衡

hours/days/weeks/years?on end 連續(xù)的==in a row

reach the end of the road 到了...的盡頭了

sth will happen/be true?until/to the end of time 直到時(shí)間的盡頭

sth bad be not?the end of the world.?世界末日

be at the end of sb's tether 栓繩/rope 走投無路，無計(jì)可施