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.
B1:
Let’s begin with where you were born.
B2 grammar: stranded preposition.
I should never have left the station, to begin with.
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