Off to a Good Start: All You Need to Know About Breastfeeding Your Baby

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I trust your week is off to a good start. Please let me know when you’ve started work on the new assignment. I finished writing this lesson on a Monday. I got off to a good start that day. I was up early, I had slept well the night before, I had a good breakfast. I was ready to go. Who knows what will happen later in the week! But I got off to a good start. I started well and that laid the foundation for the rest of the week.

You can also write “how is this week treating you so far?” as an informal alternative. Notice how it’s a more conversational question, though. Recent Examples on the Web Sophia Smith’s two goals helped the U.S. get off to a good start in the tournament with a 3-0 win vs. Vietnam on Friday. — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 26 July 2023 Spence, who is bigger, younger, with a better jab and a higher punch-output, is going to get off to a good start. — Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023 The original film, which was written and directed by Ron Shelton, tells the story of two street basketballers who get off to a bad start before eventually teaming up. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 22 June 2022 According to Parnell, his pre-race prep didn’t get off to a good start. — Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online, 6 Oct. 2014 Spot starter David Peterson (6-2) helped New York’s seventh doubleheader get off to a good start by allowing three hits in 5 1/3 innings for his third scoreless start this year. — Larry Fleisher, ajc, 6 Aug. 2022 Will South Alabama finally get off to a good start? — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 8 Oct. 2021 Whether Trump vetoes the bill or not, analysts predict that the Turkish government will seek to get off to a good start with the incoming Biden administration. — Elvan Katmer, Fox News, 15 Dec. 2020 The Dow did not get off to a good start, plunging 30% to an all-time low of 28.48 by August that year. — Chris Isidore, CNN, 24 Nov. 2020 See More The transcripts of Plain English lessons are available with interactive translations into your language. In each lesson transcript, we select about one hundred difficult words, phrases , and expressions for translation. Turkish translations are available starting at Lesson 278. How is this different than simply using a translation engine? Translation engines are powerful tools for communicating in the modern world . However, they often miss the context and can either mislead you or leave you confused . Our human translators are here to make sure that you’re getting not only the correct definition, but also the full context .A large part of the lives of married couples is spent at home. What type of atmosphere should exist in the home? The speaker at a different wedding made the following observations: Also, you can skip to the final section to learn whether it’s correct to say “I hope you’re having a great week.” It’s worth knowing more about this before using it yourself. I Trust Your Week Is Off to a Good Start (Formal)

To draw on the above Categories of Physical Action, it might therefore be said that an idiom is taking the level of physical action beyond Category 3. Again, I can't reference this, since it is based on observation and common sense, but I feel confident the reader will understand the intended meaning. "Off" in "off to a great start" must be taken in the context of the entire group of words to have meaning. At the risk of being redundant, the Farlex Dictionary of Idioms carries the same sentiment regarding "off to a good start":Here are some other words you can use to describe starting well: “We got off to a strong start.” That’s probably the most common. We got off to a positive start, a great start, a promising start. We got off to a promising start means that the beginning of a process showed promise , or suggested there would be future success. We got off to a smooth start means, everything went well. There were no problems. It was smooth, it was successful. The same applies to "You hit the nail on the head." It can be a literal statement when people are hammering nails, but it is often used as an idiom to mean "You are exactly right."