building industry; construction industry; building trade
to polish one's shoes; to clean your shoes
breach of trust; malfeasance; malpractice; misappropriation
accidental fire; fire caused by negligence; misfire; failure to ignite
undetermined manner of death; suspicious death
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
invisible; unseen; vague; mysterious; imaginary
starting (construction) work
person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
reinforced concrete; remote control
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
president's office; director's office
with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
demotion; relegation; downgrading
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
to find out; to discover; to locate
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
very careful; thoroughly prepared
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
to try all possible means