耗: to waste, to spend, to consume, to squander, news, (coll.) to delay, to dilly-dally...
可笑: funny, ridiculous...
开头: beginning, to start...
确保: to ensure, to guarantee...
框: frame (e.g. door frame), casing, framework, template, to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth), to frame, to restrict...
讨好: to get the desired outcome, to win favor by fawning on sb, to curry favor with, a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor...
提速: to increase the specified cruising speed, to pick up speed, to speed up...
抄: to make a copy, to plagiarize, to search and seize, to raid, to grab, to go off with, to take a shortcut, to make a turning move, to fold one's arms...
外星人: space alien, extraterrestrial...
如一: consistent, the same, unvarying...