millstone in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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millstone Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be a millstone around sb's neck
être un fardeau pour qn
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The mill drove two pairs of underdrift millstones.
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One of the daily tasks for the entire group was milling corn and wheat for bread on small millstones.
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Among the flagstones of each courtyard is a millstone originating from their respective namesakes.
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This drives two pairs of "underdrift" millstones in the breast of the mill.
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It involves the analogy of the cosmos or firmament and a rotating millstone.
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There were many commercial shops, notably a baker's shop with donkey-driven millstone.
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The mill drove four pairs of millstones, two steel mills and two roller mills.
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Two of the four pairs of millstones are controlled by a single governor.
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Couscous was traditionally made from the hard part of the durum, the part of the grain that resisted the grinding of the millstone.
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They also found many millstones at the site that is speculated was used as part of the ship's cargo or possibly as ballast.
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