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
Eysteinn	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Zedong	-	Chinese
Jaimie	JAY-mee	English
Amandus	-	Late Roman
Elihu	i-LIE-hyoo (English), ee-LIE-hyoo (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English (Archaic)
Wangchuk	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese