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English translation: stubborn dirt or heavy/severe pollution or contamination
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|  Selected response from: Mats Wiman Sweden Local time: 02:30 | ||||||
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| na +1 | heavy polution |
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| na +1 | heavy pollution |
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| na +1 | stubborn dirt or heavy/severe pollution or contamination |
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| na +1 | major / serious pollution |
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| na | sorry I was too fast |
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14 mins peer agreement (net): +1
heavy polution Explanation: I know it |
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22 mins peer agreement (net): +1
heavy pollution Explanation: Standard translation. |
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25 mins
sorry I was too fast Explanation: Naturally, pollution is the right spelling ... |
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41 mins peer agreement (net): +1
stubborn dirt or heavy/severe pollution or contamination Explanation: When talkin about dirt Kärcher calls it 'stubborn dirt': http://www.karcher.com/products/cleaning_agents/cleaning_age... When talking about pollution of the environment, 'heavy or severe pollution' ought to be the right expression 'contamination' could also be an alternative Google+Ernst+professional experience |
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1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
major / serious pollution Explanation: Just did a quick Google check ... with the following results heavy pollution 2710 hits severe pollution 2820 hits major pollution 4080 hits serious pollution 5950 hits So it would appear that they are all viable alternatives ... you could go for whichever you prefer and it would be understood. Mats - I wouldn't use 'dirt' in an environmental context. It has to be pollution in this case (-: HTH Mary Reference: http://www.google.co.uk |
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