expendings of time and energy

All I knew was it sho was a jamming party!

The measures which resulted in the crushing of the mutiny within the Five Rivers, were unquestionably pukka. […] Pukka and kucha statesmanship are, indeed, two things which time rarely fails to detect, just as it tries the durability of a public building or a bridge.

For the one or no-legged amputees, they started breakdancing on the floor.