I know you’re chafing at the bit, so we’ll start as soon as we can.

我知道你们急不可待，我们会尽快的。

The players were champing at the bit as the start of the match was delayed.

比赛的时间推迟了，选手们急切地等待着。

When did the empire begin to wane?

那个帝国何时落的?

He prefaced his speech with an amusing story.

他用一则有趣的故事了他的演说。

He is about to embark on a new business venture.

他就要新的商业冒险活动。

The baby’s head was starting to emerge from the womb.

婴儿的头从亲的子宮中露出来。

Ex-colonial countries began to challenge the cultural dominance of Europe.

摆脫了殖民统治的国家挑战欧洲的文化统治。

Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun.

似不具形体的喜悦刚疾的远征。

Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel.

把鳞茎种到地里，否则会干枯的。

A friendly intercourse is opened between the most remote parts of the world.

相距极远的两国了一种亲睦的邦交。

We’ll go slowly to begin with.

我们的时候先慢慢来。

Under interrogation, he refused to say anything at first.

一审问的时候，他什么也不说。

A point is inceptive of a line.

点是线的。

He notched up ten points in the first five minutes of the game.

他在比赛后的五分钟里得了十分。

The government began to recruit new battalions.

政府征集新的部队。

People are beginning to question the old dogmas.

人们质疑旧的信条。

She embarked on a discourse about the town's origins.

她讲本市的起源。

The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax.

当大家放松的时候, 这一男一女就交往了。

A poor wedding is a prolog to misery.

不幸的婚姻是痛苦的。

He opened his mouth to make a caustic retort.

他张嘴进行刻薄的反击。