alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
postcard; memo; note; card
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
mutation; change; transition
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
university student; college student
bachelor's life; life of a bachelor
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
to smash violently; to crush
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
beautiful woman with cold, standoffish air
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
exaltation; emotional uplift
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
to listen to in an ecstasy
valuable article; valuables
accounting; administration (of money)
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to remember; to keep in mind
without the least difference; exactly; perfectly; to the inch
like this; this sort; this way
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection