to begin (intransitive: to be started) | to begin (transitive: to start; object: none) | to begin to do s.th. (specific sense and/or object unclear) | to begin to do s.th. (object: act, deed) | to begin s.th., be the start of s.th. (object: set, group, category) | to begin from s.th. (trans.) | to be prior, superior to s.th. (object: metaphysical principle) | to rule (object: none) | to rule over s.o. | to rule over s.o./s.th. through s.th./s.o. (object2: source of authority) | to rule over s.th. | to rule from X until Y (stars; object: space of time)
to diminish, reduce, belittle s.o.
knead (clay), make bricks | (verb) | intr:...