(n) front axle
(n) front wheel
(n,vs) advance (in pay)
loan
(P)
(n) loan
advance
(n) one's former address
(n) celebration anticipation
(n) preface
preamble
prolog
(P)
(n) skirmish
preliminary encounter
prefinals (in games)
(P)
(n) scouting line
(n) outpost
(n) headlights
(n,vs) previous notice
herald
harbinger
portent
(P)
(n) (1) (abbr) preface
introduction
(2) lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question)
lead up
(3) payment in advance (by bank transfer)
(n) front (of a piece of traditional Japanese clothing)
(n) angle of advance
(n) axis of advance
(n) driving power
(n) apron
(n) prehistoric age
(n) last century
ancient times
(n) preformation (theory)
(n) advance publicity
(n) the time before last
last time but one
(n) prelude
overture
(n) preliminary sumo bouts with unranked wrestlers
unranked sumo wrestlers
(n) muzzle loader
(n,vs) advance payment
(n) preliminary step
first step
(n,vs) preface
introduction
(P)
(n) (ling) preposition
