1 to arrive

2 most

3 to

4 until

1 to begin

2 beginning

3 to start

4 initial

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 unlikely to go so far as to

2 not as bad as

1 down to

2 up to

3 to the extent that...

1 outset

2 beginning

1 a new year begins (idiom)

1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done

2 success at a stroke

3 to get results overnight

1 lit. men's footprints are rare (idiom)

2 fig. off the beaten track

3 lonely

4 deserted

1 extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom); meticulous virtue and attention to duty

1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth

2 to carry things through

3 I started, so I'll finish.