Usage examples of "dès le début" in French with translation to English

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Notre plan est mal parti dès le début. Our plan went wrong from the beginning.
Notre plan s'est mal goupillé dès le départ. Our plan went wrong from the beginning.
Je le savais depuis le début. I've known it all along.
Dès le départ, j'ai été claire au sujet de mes sentiments à son égard. I made myself clear about my feelings for him at the outset.
Nous le savions depuis le début. We knew it all along.
Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Rawandi, dès le neuvième siècle, soutenait que la raison est le guide exclusif de l'homme vers la vérité, une quête dans laquelle la révélation n'est d'aucun soutien. Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Rawandi, already in the ninth century, held that reason is man's exclusive guide to truth, a quest in which revelation is of no help.
Le début de l'histoire était intéressant. The beginning of the story was interesting.
L'anglais est généralement enseigné dès le collège en France. English is usually taught in France from the junior high school.
J'ai été clair depuis le début quant à mes sentiments envers lui. I made myself clear about my feelings for him at the outset.
Dès le jeune âge, les enfants apprennent à ostraciser ceux qui ne sont pas comme eux. From a young age children learn to ostracise those who aren't like them.
Nous avons attendu le début du film dans la salle de cinéma. We waited in the movie theater for the film to start.
Tom a rencontré Marie à une fête et ce fut l'amour dès le premier regard. Tom met Mary at a party, and it was love at first sight.
J'ai été très occupé depuis le début du nouveau mandat. I've been very busy since the new term started.
Dès le moment où il est arrivé, il n'arrêtait pas de demander quand est-ce qu'il pourrait partir chez lui. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on bothering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
Nous sommes hantés par une vie idéale, et c'est parce que nous avons en nous le début et la possibilité pour cela. We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility for it.
Un livre qui ne vaut pas la peine d'être lu, ne vaut pas la peine d'être acheté dès le départ. A book not worth reading is not worth buying in the first place.
Qu'est-ce que sera demain ? Le début ou la fin ? What will tomorrow be? The beginning or the end?
C'est ce que je disais depuis le début. That's what I said all along.
Ce projet était voué à l'échec depuis le début. The plan was doomed to failure from the start.
Cela pourrait-il être le début de quelque chose d'énorme ? Could this be the start of something big?
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