| Vamp |
| Proem |
| Prelim |
| Opening |
| Starter |
| Opener? |
| Preface |
| Prelude |
| Lead-in |
| Overture |
| Prologue |
| 101, say |
| MC's job |
| Foreword |
| Preamble |
| Beginning |
| Start ___ |
| MC's duty |
| Jazz vamp |
| First part |
| Emcee duty |
| MC's spiel |
| Song start |
| First lines |
| Show opener |
| Emcee's job |
| First words |
| Emcee's bit |
| First notes |
| Jazz opener |
| Book opener |
| It's a start |
| First course |
| Opening bars |
| 101, briefly |
| Emcee's text |
| MC's lead-in |
| Singer's cue |
| Song prelude |
| Song starter |
| Emcee's duty |
| Emcee's line |
| DJ's concern |
| Emcee's task |
| Musical vamp |
| Emcee's forte |
| Emcee's spiel |
| Opening words |
| Brief opening |
| Emcee's lines |
| Emcee's chore |
| First remarks |
| Host's speech |
| Opening spiel |
| Podium prelim |
| Speech opener |
| Not the outro |
| Opening lines |
| Emcee's words |
| Ballad lead-in |
| Beginning bars |
| Casual opening |
| Emcee's ritual |
| Musical prelim |
| Opening speech |
| Short preface? |
| Song's lead-in |
| Starting words |
| 101 title word |
| Emcee's opener |
| Emcee's speech |
| Foreword, e.g. |
| 101 course |
| Musical opener |
| Short preamble |
| Speech starter |
| First few bars |
| Speaker's need |
| Beginning part |
| Musical passage |
| Freshman course |
| Emcee's opening |
| Brief beginning |
| Opening remarks |
| 101" class type |
| Emcee's kickoff |
| Emcee's lead-in |
| Emcees' remarks |
| Speaker's start |
| Vamp's relative |
| Headliner's cue |
| Opening (Abbr.) |
| Opening remark? |
| Short beginning |
| Musical lead-in |
| Type of opening |
| ___: First Class |
| Chap. 1 preceder |
| Emcee's function |
| Keynote preceder |
| Opening comments |
| Pop-song lead-in |
| Proem or prelude |
| Emcee's offering |
| Emcee's prologue |
| Preface, briefly |
| Job for an emcee |
| Lead-in, briefly |
| Emcee's delivery |
| Musical beginning |
| Award show opener |
| Beginner's course |
| Beginning of song |
| It sets the scene |
| Jazz singer's cue |
| Keynote precursor |
| Nailed, for short |
| Prefatory section |
| Prelim's relative |
| Up-front material |
| Beginning section |
| Emcee's specialty |
| Foreword, briefly |
| Speaker's lead-in |
| A job for an emcee |
| Early karaoke bars |
| Emcee's assignment |
| First song on a CD |
| First track, often |
| Lead-in for short |
| Opening, for short |
| Prefix for version |
| Prefix for mission |
| Relative of prelim |
| 101 class, briefly |
| Prelude, for short |
| Musician's lead-in |
| Preface, for short |
| Opening statement? |
| Prefix with version |
| 101 course, briefly |
| Album opener, maybe |
| Emcee's task, often |
| Overture, for short |
| Overture or prelude |
| Performance lead-in |
| Preamble, for short |
| Preliminary comment |
| Preliminary remarks |
| Variety show opener |
| Words from an emcee |
| Song's opening bars |
| Foreword, for short |
| Many a frosh course |
| Prologue, for short |
| Beginning, for short |
| First class, briefly |
| First part of a song |
| Lead-in to a lecture |
| Preface, essentially |
| Preliminary measures |
| Relative of a prelim |
| Short opening speech |
| Title sequence, e.g. |
| Exordium, informally |
| Freshman course word |
| 101" class, for short |
| 101 course, typically |
| A few opening remarks |
| Emcee's opening words |
| Opening words or bars |
| Start of a jazz piece |
| Emcee's opening lines |
| It could be four bars |
| Toastmaster's opening |
| Conclusion's opposite |
| First song on an album |
| It's just for starters |
| Theme song time, often |
| Words before Chapter 1 |
| First class, for short |
| Many a freshman course |
| Opening passage (abbr) |
| Bit of music, for short |
| Emcee's opening remarks |
| Emcee's task, for short |
| Part of a musical piece |
| Introduction, for short |
| Emcee's start, for short |
| First track on a mixtape |
| Musical start, for short |
| Opening credits sequence |
| Opening passage, briefly |
| Opening words, for short |
| Part of the front matter |
| Opening remarks, briefly |
| Brief opening statement? |
| He-e-ere's Johnny!," e.g. |
| Common course for a frosh |
| Emcee's speech, for short |
| It may begin "And now ... |
| It may begin with "Here's |
| Some words from the emcee |
| Starting words, for short |
| Heeeeere's Johnny!" is one |
| First album track, perhaps |
| It could feature four bars |
| Initial comment, for short |
| Musical passage, for short |
| Opening comment, for short |
| Opening segment, for short |
| What an emcee will provide |
| Preliminary part, for short |
| Preliminary remarks (Abbr.) |
| Start of many course titles |
| SNL" host's monologue, e.g. |
| Opening monologue, for short |
| Word in a "101" course title |
| Opening statement, for short |
| Conclusion's opposite (Abbr.) |
| In this corner ..." begins one |
| Ladies and gentlemen," for one |
| Conclusion's opposite, briefly |
| Words about a speaker, briefly |
| Ladies and gentlemen ...," e.g. |
| First song on an album, perhaps |
| Opening musical bars, for short |
| Speech giver's start, for short |
| College freshman's course, often |
| Host's opening speech, for short |
| Word in a 101 course description |
| Course that might be labeled "101 |
| First part of a news story (abbr) |
| Opposite of a conclusion, briefly |
| Song part before the opening line |
| Warm-up before an audience, maybe |
| Word in basic univ. course titles |
| First track on a mix tape, usually |
| Emcee's opening remarks, for short |
| Shortened word in college catalogs |
| First bars of a musical composition |
| First bars of a piece of popular music |
| Short track to start an album, perhaps |
| In this corner ..." begins one, briefly |
| Words before the talk show guest enters |
| Opening bars to a piece of popular music |
| At first I was afraid, I was petrified," e.g. |
| Brief passage to start a piece of popular music |