"Of the first magnitude" nghĩa là gì?

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"Of the first magnitude" -> nghĩa là có tầm quan trọng/ý nghĩa lớn.
 
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In between, and thereafter, Terry was my friend, advisor, and legal consultant (cố vấn) on state issues. He was a raconteur (nguời kể chuyện) of the first magnitude. I, and many others, will miss all his wise counsel and friendship.

The second and final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden promises to be a political event of the first magnitude. Mr. Biden leads in national polling by 7.9%, though the race has been tightening (thắt chặt) over the past two weeks, on October 11 was his margin was 10.3%.

The New York Times, reporting on their London debut with Festival Ballet in 1953, wrote that they had received “an ovation (hoan hô) of the first magnitude” and that after dancing the “Don Quixote Pas de Deux” for 15 minutes “they spent another 15 minutes taking bows (cúi đầu) to thunderous (vang như sấm) applause and receiving giant bouquets of flowers.”

To present the Zoom blooper (đụng chạm) of a Salta deputy fondling his alleged partner on his lap in the midst of a Congress session as the prelude (mở đầu) to a political crisis of the first magnitude might seem completely over the top. 

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