depiction; description; portrayal
lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by)
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
casting (of a play, film, etc.); cast
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
script; libretto; scenario
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
to make characteristic; to characterize
A Dream Within a Dream (1849 poem by Edgar Allan Poe)