foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
dark elf (fictional race)
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
survival; survivor; relic
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
patriarch; head of a family
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to do together; to share; to participate in
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
military forces; hosts; troops
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
wicked tongue; abusive language
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
worst; poor and boring; uncool
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation
when; how soon; how long until
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
reward; honorarium; remuneration