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Italian
Prepositional phrase
in prima battuta
- at first, in the first instance, to start with
2013, chapter 3, in F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 76:Il bar, dove deviammo in prima battuta, era affollato, ma di Gatsby non c'era traccia.- The bar, where we glanced first, was crowded but Gatsby was not there.
- (literally, “The bar, where we deviated to first, was full, but there was no trace of Gatsby.”)