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Meanings of first mile in English

Russian
последняя миля
Portuguese
último quilômetro

Phrase used by the communications industries to refer to the final leg of network delivery.

        последняя миля
        Usage of first mile in English
        1
        After the first mile the scrub became much thinner; ground slightly undulating.
        Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
        2
        From the first mile these two riders were the best of companions.
        The Sky Line of Spruce
        3
        The waterproof garments that she wore were priceless after the first mile.
        The Snowshoe Trail
        4
        After the first mile, the man let down one of the windows.
        Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851
        5
        I hadn't run in weeks and the first mile was a slog.
        Bones of the Lost
        6
        The first mile of our journey was over low scrubby ironstone hills.
        Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Weste...
        7
        Our job's easier because somebody already got us through that first mile.
        Ebony
        8
        I slogged through the first mile, and then it got really bad.
        One for the money
        9
        For the first mile or two I was in advance of the Pawnees.
        An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)
        10
        Here the water shoaled, though for the first mile almost imperceptibly.
        Poison Island
        11
        For the first mile or two of our journey neither of us spoke.
        The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel
        12
        For the first mile scarcely a word was exchanged between husband and wife.
        Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
        13
        Taxicabs are to be entitled to charge a shilling for the first mile.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 3, 1917
        14
        My first mile was okay, but then my knee started to hurt again.
        Stash
        15
        But she noticed after the first mile that there were no low branches.
        Wizardborn
        16
        But Chula did not settle down after the first mile; nor the second.
        Blue Bonnet in Boston; or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
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        Translations for first mile
        First mile through the time
        First mile across language varieties
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        United States of America
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