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
Rina (1)	REE-nah	Italian, Dutch
AygÜL	-	Turkish
Tercero	ter-THE-ro (Spanish), ter-SE-ro (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Egino	-	Ancient Germanic
Lammert	LAHM-mərt	Dutch
Marijan	-	Croatian, Slovene