jpdb beta

fuel

1

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

1

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

1

base (military, expedition, etc.); enthusiast; maniac; fanatic

2

eagle; eagle (bird)

1

to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)

1

director; executive; officer; official; person in charge

1

reception of a decoration; reception of an order

2

driver's license; driver's licence; driving licence

1

license; licence; permission; driver's license

1

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

1

Long Day's Journey into Night (play by Eugene O'Neill)

8

to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)

1

O'Neal; O'Neil; O'Neill; Oneill

12

growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

3

clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent

1

not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

1

home environment; family environment

1

stage actor; stage actress

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

1

school record; scholastic performance

1

weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health

2

elm tree (esp. the Japanese elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica)

1

shade of a tree; bower

1

intermission (between acts); interlude

1

kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

1

constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

1

arguing face to face

4

one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month

1

debauchee; fast liver; libertine; hell-raiser

1

decision; agreement

1

Anton Chekhov

1

Henrik

1

Ibsen

1

Augusto; August

1

Strindberg

1

another showing (of a play); playing the same role again (i.e. of an actor); recapitulation

2

Jessica Lange

1

Gabriel Byrne

1

Michael Shannon

1

Gallagher; Gulager

1

Jaime; Jamey; Jamie

1

person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child); social outcast; person with a shady past; obscure person; person who lives in obscurity; person who has been forgotten by the world

1

to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)

1

key people

3

Times Square (New York)

1

to face on; to look out on to

2

one room

5

one's life under medical treatment; (means and time spent) fighting against an illness

1

school for the blind

1