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en insistant sur les parties les plus attaquées par le calcaire

English translation: on those sections most affected by lime build-up

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French term or phrase:en insistant sur les parties les plus attaquées par le calcaire
English translation:on those sections most affected by lime build-up
Entered by: NancyLynn

18:26 May 26, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
French term or phrase: en insistant sur les parties les plus attaquées par le calcaire
cleaning instructions using a "vitroceramique" cream.
Maria Burnett
United States
Local time: 17:06
focussing on those sections most affected by lime
Explanation:
build-up

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-05-26 18:33:35 GMT)
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where most of the lime has accumulated

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-05-26 18:33:40 GMT)
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where most of the lime has accumulated
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NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 17:06
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4special attention to large scale deposits
sarahl (X)
5 +2focussing on the areas with most calcium deposits
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
5focussing on those sections most affected by lime
NancyLynn
5grandmother's recipe
Bourth (X)
4 +1rubbing hardest those parts most affected by limescale
Tony M


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
en insistant sur les parties les plus attaquées par le calcaire
focussing on those sections most affected by lime


Explanation:
build-up

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-05-26 18:33:35 GMT)
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where most of the lime has accumulated

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-05-26 18:33:40 GMT)
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where most of the lime has accumulated

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 17:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
en insistant sur les parties les plus attaquées par le calcaire
special attention to large scale deposits


Explanation:
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sarahl (X)
Local time: 14:06
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
10 mins
  -> merci.
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): of what? deposits of what?
33 mins
  -> look 3 inches up.
agree  Bourth (X): "thick" maybe, rather than "large"
51 mins
  -> interesting approach...
agree  John Garside
4 hrs
  -> thanks, John!
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
en insistant sur les parties les plus attaquées par le calcaire
focussing on the areas with most calcium deposits


Explanation:
or lime..sections= areas

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): lime, scale, lime scale, limescale, fur, furring, encrustation
16 mins
agree  mami_ladka
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
en insistant sur les parties les plus attaquées par le calcaire
grandmother's recipe


Explanation:
furring, encrustation, scale - Deposits of the minerals from hard water when it is heated or when the pressure drops. It occurs in boilers and pipes, at hot-water taps, shower heads and sprayers, in cooking pans, hot-water jugs, etc. IT DISSOLVES IN VINEGAR.
[Scott/Penguin Dict. of Building]

Forget the special cleaning product. Recycle your pickling vinegar!

Bourth (X)
Local time: 23:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 190
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
en insistant sur les parties les plus attaquées par le calcaire
rubbing hardest those parts most affected by limescale


Explanation:
If this is the sort of friendly instruction I'm assuming it to be...
Or if you want to avoid making it sound like hard work, then:
"paying particular attention to..."

Tony M
France
Local time: 23:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 151

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tom Bishop
20 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tom! SO nice to know I'm not alone... :-)
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