all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
show; exhibition; spectacle
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
rising; ascending; climbing
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
floor above; floor upstairs
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
opposite; reverse; contrary
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically