hygiene bureau; health bureau; board of health
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to smash; to break into pieces
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
small truck; pickup truck; pickup; van
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
to shed light; to cast light
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
France; French (language)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
retaining wall; sheathing
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to communicate; to commune