decorated frame; decorative surrounds
reception room; parlor; parlour
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
adds force or indicates command
one's intellectual powers; one's mental faculties
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
system; organization; organisation; architecture
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to govern; to manage; to subdue
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
quite; utterly; really; completely