in a while

Also, after a while. After a period of time, usually a moderately short time. For example, Go ahead, I'll be along in a while, or After a while we turned off the television and went for a walk. [c. 1300]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hermine	her-MEE-nə (German)	German, French
Reeves	[ri:vz]
Charisma	kə-RIZ-mə	English (Rare)
Abdullah	‘ahb-DAH:L-lah (Arabic), ‘ahb-DOOL-lah (Arabic), ahb-dool-LAH (Turkish)	Arabic, Turkish, Malay, Indonesian
Roimata	-	Maori
Lyric	LIR-ik	English (Modern)