A small fire had started in the kitchen.
廚房失火了，燃起了一股小的火苗。
Water had started to leak into the cellar.
水已開始滲入地下室。
She had started to delve into her father's distant past.
她開始探究她父親久已逝去的歲月。
He was afraid the revolution they had started would fail
他擔(dān)心他們發(fā)起的大變革會遭遇失敗。
She had started to devote her energies to teaching rather than performing
她已經(jīng)開始將精力從表演轉(zhuǎn)移到教學(xué)中。