to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
military strength; military personnel
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
to brandish; to flourish; to wave; to swing; to shake at
putting into operation; invocation
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
special selection; finest pick; top pick
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
drinking party; banquet; feast
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
rest; break; recess; intermission
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
number of households (houses)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
high ground; plateau; heights
founder; originator; pioneer
pasture; grassland; meadow
the same; the said; likewise
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)