Usage examples of "a la primera mirada" in Spanish with translation to English

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¿Te enamoraste de ella a la primera vista? Did you fall in love with her at first sight?
Sólo tenéis que responder a la primera pregunta. You have only to answer the first question.
Tom planeaba visitar a Mary a la primera oportunidad que tuviera. Tom planned to visit Mary the first chance he got.
Si a la primera no tienes éxito, inténtalo, inténtalo, inténtalo nuevamente. If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
Hablaré con él a la primera oportunidad. I'll speak to him at the first opportunity.
Tom planeaba hablar con Mary a la primera oportunidad que tuviera. Tom planned to talk to Mary the first chance he got.
Parecía haber muchas explicaciones para el caso, pero la policía dio con la correcta a la primera. There seemed to be several explanations of the case, but the police hit on the right one the first time.
Antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, a la Primera Guerra Mundial se la llamaba la Gran Guerra. Prior to the Second World War, World War I was referred to as the Great War.
Me enamoré de ella a la primera vista. I fell in love with her at first sight.
Cada mañana, mamá es la primera en levantarse. My mother gets up the earliest every morning.
Presta más atención a la entonación cuando hablas inglés. Pay more attention to intonation when you speak English.
Es la primera vez que toso tanto. It's the first time I cough this much.
No dijo nada con respecto a la hora. He said nothing as to the time.
La primera mujer desnuda que vi fue en una revista de National Geographic. The first naked woman I saw was in a National Geographic magazine.
Toda persona tiene derecho a la libertad de reunión y de asociación pacíficas. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
Es la primera cosa que escribió mi padre. It's the first thing that my father wrote.
Toda persona tiene derecho a la educación. La educación debe ser gratuita, al menos en lo concerniente a la instrucción elemental y fundamental. La instrucción elemental será obligatoria. La instrucción técnica y profesional habrá de ser generalizada; el acceso a los estudios superiores será igual para todos, en función de los méritos respectivos. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
La salud es la primera condición de la felicidad. Health is the first condition of happiness.
Él se aferró a la rama firmemente. He held on firmly to the branch.
Es la primera vez que apago un incendio con arena. It's the first time I extinguish a fire with sand.
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