prelude

Coming from another breed of mom, this would be a prelude to prescriptive punishment.

Such a move could also be a prelude to de facto martial law, cancelling elections and suspending other civil rights and freedoms.

Many in Zion saw the stepped-up pressure as a prelude to a crackdown, but few anticipated it would be as large as it turned out to be, she said.

The film is split into three parts - a prelude, followed by two versions of events told from the points of view of both Frankenstein and his creation.

As a result, the tour alternates between group and solo sections - with British pop star FKA Twigs making a brief cameo eating a scone during a backstage prelude Rosé's set, for some reason.