to begin with

first or most importantly To begin with, I don't have enough money to take a trip to Europe this summer.

Related vocabulary: for openers

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Coinneach	-	Scottish
Yoel	yo-EL (Jewish)	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Esben	-	Danish, Norwegian
Govad	-	Persian Mythology
Mattin	-	Basque
Kriemhild	KREEM-hilt (German)	German, Germanic Mythology