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
MihĂIȚĂ	-	Romanian
Nikolche	-	Macedonian
Dikeledi	-	Southern African, Tswana
Klaas	KLAH:S	Dutch, Low German
Su-Bin	soo-been	Korean
Lucile	loo-SEEL	French, English