to begin with
to
tə
tē
be
bÉĒ
bi
gin
ˈgÉĒn
gin
with
wÉĒð
vidh
/tə bÉĒɥˈÉĒn wÉĒð/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "to begin with"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϤ

used to introduce the primary or most significant point in a discussion or argument
Collocation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To begin with, we need to assess whether we have enough funding for the project.
āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āφāϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻžāĨ¤
02

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϤ

used to indicate the first stage of an event, situation, or process
Collocation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She struggled to understand the complex concepts to begin with, but after some practice, she mastered them.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāϝāĻŧāĻ¤ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ