"initial break" is an appropriate phrase you can use in written English.
For example, "Following the initial break in the relationship, the couple went to counseling to try to repair the damage."
It was not only a matter of still feeling pain in the ankle 11 months after the initial break.
Ross proudly sported a collection of images from the surgery including one image that shows just how violent the initial break had been.
He thanked Prince Charles, saying he got his initial break in the creative industries after the Prince's Trust subsidised his first audition for the National Music Youth Theatre.
The match was only four points old when Williams pole-axed her first backhand winner crosscourt to get the initial break of serve in the opening game.
"All you need is that initial break," said Deepak Krishnakumar, an engineering student who is applying to doctoral programs in America.
Almagro, sensing a mood shift, threw his racket in frustration after missing an initial break point for 3-3 but it was only a temporary let-off for Murray.
His initial break nine minutes before half-time caused panic in the Wales defence and, although Lulia was hauled down just short of the line, he was not to be denied in the next play.
Romand's neurosis manifested itself in an inability to take exams, and his initial break with his family - to study medicine instead of following his father into forestry management - faltered because of this.
Large deformation finite element analyses have been conducted to study the initial break-out resistance of on-bottom pipelines.
The rivalry first erupted during the making of their third album, 1989's Doolittle, and ultimately led to their initial break-up in 1993.
Zahi Hawass is now on record several times claiming that, outside of the initial break-in at the museum, Egyptian archaeological heritage is actually being protected by a combination of heritage workers, the people, and the army.
