starts to; begins to
L'heure de pointe commence à pointer son nez.
Rush hour is starting to rear its head.
— Bullet Train (2022)
Notre appartement commence à avoir de la gueule.
Our apartment is starting to look good.
Sami commence à ressembler exactement à son père.
Sami is starting to look exactly like his father.
She's starting to annoy me!
Je pense qu'il est temps que je commence à préparer le souper.
I think it’s time I started preparing dinner.
Start counting.
Akira commence à ressembler à son père.
Akira is starting to look like his father.
— Nobody Knows (2004)
Cela commence à devenir idiot, maintenant.
This is starting to get silly now.
La viande commence à se gâter.
The meat is starting to spoil.