begin

In the English Vocabulary Profile:

begin verb START TO HAPPEN A1
begin verb START TO DO A2
begin with sth B1
to begin with B1: at the start of a situation
to begin with B2: the first important reason for something

A2:

Look, son, I can’t even begin to tell you how proud of you I‘ve been these past weeks.

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B1:

Let’s begin with where you were born.

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B2 grammar: stranded preposition.

should never have left the station, to begin with.

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