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НА ПЕРВЫЙ СЛУЧАЙ PrepP Invar adv or sent adv fixed WO

1. as a first (action, step toward some goal etc), as a start

to start (begin) with

for starters (openers)).

(Таня:) Куда вы меня приглашаете? (Колесов:) На свадьбу. На первый случай я приглашаю вас на свадьбу (Вампилов 3). (Т..) What are you inviting me to?

(К.:) A wedding To start with, I'm inviting you to a wedding (3a).

«Делать нечего, видно, мне вступиться в это дело да пойти на разбойников с моими домашними. На первый случай отряжу человек двадцать, так они и очистят воровскую рощу...» (Пушкин 1). "It seems that there's nothing for it but for me to take a hand in this affair, and go after the brigands with my own people. To begin with, I'll arm twenty men and have the copse set free of brigands" (1b).

2. for the initial period of time (that sth. is in effect, sth. is being undertaken, s.o. is doing sth. etc): for the first little while (bit)

(in limited contexts) for now for the time being.

«Ваших, то есть мамашу и сестрицу, жду с часу на час... Приискал им на первый случай квартиру...» (Достоевский 3). "I'm expecting your people, that is your mama and sister, at any moment now....I've found them rooms for the time being-" (3a).