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English: covered in gleaming white limestone blocks

French translation: couvert(e) de blocs de calcaire d'un blanc étincelant



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English term or phrase:covered in gleaming white limestone blocks
French translation:couvert(e) de blocs de calcaire d'un blanc étincelant
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Social Sciences - History
English term or phrase: covered in gleaming white limestone blocks
The original structure of the pyramid was 152 metres high, and it was covered in gleaming white limestone blocks.

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The Quill Pen
Canada
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xxxdf49f: 11:42pm Jul 12, 2005: lequel de ces termes vous pose problème? -
The Quill Pen (asker): 11:49pm Jul 12, 2005: Aucun, en fait! C'est l'agencement qui me cause problème! Je ne sais plus trop comment placer le mot "gleaming"...

couvert(e) de blocs de calcaire d'un blanc étincelant
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couvert(e) de blocs de calcaire d'un blanc étincelant

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Par exemple.

JCEC
Canada
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Note from asker to answerer
L'aide fut très appréciée. Merci!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Anna Maria Augustin: ou luisant
43 mins

agree xxxsarahl
3 hrs

agree Philippe Boucry: "étincelant", plutôt que "luisant"
4 hrs

agree xxxdf49f: recouvert, maybe - oui pour blanc étincelant, ou éblouissant, éclatant - mieux vaut garder luisant pour les ver(t)s... :-)
9 hrs

agree Elisabete Cunha
10 hrs
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