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First Order Reaction: The reaction that occurs first, not always the one desired.
For example, the formation of brown gunk in an organic prep....
First passenger (waiting at a bus stop) ask another passenger "how long is the next bus".
The reply is : "About 40 feet!...
First Play. We have reformed that indifferently with us, sir.
Ham. O, reform it altogether. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet -- Act iii, Sc. 2...
First prepare the soup of your choice and pour it into a bowl.
Then, take the bowl and quickly turn it upside down on the cookie tray....
First-rate people hire first-rate people. Second-rate people hire third-rate people.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- Concerning such as read and dispute ostentatiously, -- Discourses, Book iii, Chap....
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue. -- Greek saying
First Shakespeare sonnets seem meaningless; first Bach fugues a bore
first differential equations sheer torture....
First Shalt thou pull out the Holy Pin.
FIRST SOLDIER: So they wouldn't be able to bring a coconut back anyway.
SECOND SOLDIER: Wait a minute! Suppose two swallows carried it together?...

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