strong nation; powerful country
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
cut; reduction; curtailment
restoration; return to health
to dispose of; to sell off
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
reigning; controlling; dictating
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to knock down; to slap down; to floor
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
end of war; cessation of hostilities
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
good (place to leave off); convenient
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
preservation; retainment; keeping
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
commerce; trade; business
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
all-out war; full-scale war
to be entwined; to be involved
massing (of troops); gathering