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
Tiamat	TEE-ə-maht (English), TYAH-maht (English)	Near Eastern Mythology
Agars	['eiga:z]
Bartolomej	-	Slovak, Croatian (Rare)
Hazael	HAZ-ay-əl (English)	Biblical
Rashmi	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil
Shakira	-	Arabic