nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
antiquity; the previous era
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
registration; accession; register; entry; record
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
entirely; completely; all; nothing but