dust
/dʌst/ nom A2En français : poussière
- Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, fiber debris, dead skin cells, etc.
- Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
- Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
- Disintegration of a solid, like silica.
- The act of cleaning by dusting.
- The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
- Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
- The earth as the resting place of the dead.
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Dans la bibliothèque
The last words were shrieked as he was being swung through the air, but Rann nodded and rose up till he looked no bigger than a speck of dust, and there he hung, watching with his telescope eyes the swaying of the treetops as Mowgli’s escort whirled along.
The screen-work broke and fell away in a cloud of dust and rubbish, and Mowgli leaped through the opening and flung himself between Baloo and Bagheera--an arm around each big neck.
“To wash my face clean after the dust of the road, and to drink, so the dry bread will not stick in my throat.”
I could read all that in the dust; and I could read that as he walked he grew more and more excited.
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