| ettevalmistuseta alustama | go off at half cock |
| innukalt alustama | pitch in |
| kiiremini alustama | get the drop on |
| kõige alamalt astmelt alustama | get in on the ground floor |
| kooselu alustama | conjoin |
| liigtormakalt alustama | take the bit in the teeth |
| liigtormakalt alustama | take the bit in your teeth |
| nullist alustama | start from scratch |
| olemasolu alustama | come into being |
| otsast alustama | start over |
| ristiretke alustama | go on a crusade |
| rünnakut alustama | launch an attack |
| sõnasõda alustama | pitch into |
| taasalustama | remount |
| tasakaalustama | balance |
| tasakaalustama | counterbalance |
| tasakaalustama | counterpoise |
| tasakaalustama | counterpose |
| tasakaalustama | countervail |
| tasakaalustama | equilibrate |
| tasakaalustama | equilibrize |
| tasakaalustama | neutralise |
| tasakaalustama | poise |
| tasakaalustamatus | disequilibrium |
| teineteist tasakaalustama | poised against one another |
| tööd alustama | become operative |
| uuesti alustama | begin again |
| uuesti alustama | go back to |
| uuesti alustama | restart |
| valest otsast alustama | put the cart before the horse |
| valmis alustama | ready to start |
| vestlust alustama | engage in a conversation |
| vestlust alustama | start the ball rolling |
| üles tõusma (mässu alustama) | upraise |
