0 the start of a race in which one competitor starts too early, before the official signal to begin:
1 an attempt to do something that fails because you are not ready or not able to do it:
2 a situation in a race when a competitor starts before the signal has been given
3 an attempt to do something you are not ready or able to do:
A second false start occurs further along in the string.
It is clear, however, by inspecting some of the disfluencies found in the corpus, that there is some relationship between the false start and what replaces it.
Nothing, therefore, could be more fatal than to have a false start.
Industrialised building got off to a false start eight years ago, and many builders burned their fingers.
After one false start we finally get to the blocks, as it were.
But we now know that it was another false start.
It has, after all, had a rather chequered career in another place and got off to a false start.
We have spent many days and late nights on it with at least one false start and one interruption of a rather major nature.
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賽跑, 搶跑,起跑犯規, 問題…
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赛跑, 抢跑,起跑犯规, 问题…
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salida nula, intento fallido…
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saída falsa, tentativa frustrada…
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başarısız girişim/başlangıç, yanlış teşebbüs…
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faux départ…
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neplatný/špatný start…
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tyvstart…
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