rocky start

collocation in English

meaningsofrockyandstart

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rocky
adjective
uk
/ˈrɒk.i/us
/ˈrɑː.ki/
made of rock and therefore usually rough and difficult to ...
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start
noun
uk
/stɑːt/us
/stɑːrt/
the beginning ...
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(Definition ofrockyandstartfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The journey itself got off to arockystart.
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The scheme got off to a somewhatrockystart.
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After arockystart, the band wins over the crowd.
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Her journalism career originally began with arockystart.
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Despite itsrockystart, the company managed to succeed.
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After arockystartto their relationship, romance ensues.
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In spite of thisrockystart, the pair gradually fall in love.
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Their relationship gets off to arockystartbut, with time, they become friends.
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This service got off to arockystart, with limited availability in its first week.
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Despite therockystartto their marriage, the two enjoy their wedding night.
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However, he got off to arockystart, requiring four attempts to pass his anatomy exam.
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He denies being the censor, but their relationship gets off to arockystart.
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They got off to arockystart, but eventually the club prospered under their management.
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After an initialrockystart, the second restaurant proved profitable and the company continued to grow.
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After arockystart, she manages to sell all their stock within 10 days.
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After arockystart, the season really hits its groove a few episodes in.
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Despite arockystartto their marriage, their relationship finally settles down.
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He began with arockystartafter being declared academically ineligible his freshman year.
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The magazine went weekly in 2000; after arockystart, it now reaches over 11 million readers a week.
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She had arockystartwith two of the songs from her album banned in broadcasting stations.
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The show had arockystart, low ratings and was cancelled 11 episodes into the first season.
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While he has arockystartin the position, they come to accept him as their leader.
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To be fair, there have been improvements in recent months, after arockystart, and more has been done to ensure that time scales are reduced for unproblematic checks.
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Though they get off to arockystart, they soon become friends and, as fate would have it, fall in love.
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By the middle of the decade, the chain was seeing its fortunes brighten after arockystartapart from its former parent company.
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