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to put one's nose to the grindstone inf
travailler sans relâche
to keep one's nose to the grindstone
travailler sans relâche
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The corn mill was modernised in 1910, with the wheel being replaced by a water turbine and the grindstones being replaced by steel rollers.
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The grindstone was used to twist the wires together and prevent the barbs from slipping.
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And that's what they call living, that life at the grindstone, doing the same thing over and over again...
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On the southern edge of the cemetery is a cave that contains the large grindstone of a flour mill.
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Each bit was forged with a hammer, quenched, and then ground with a grindstone.
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The mill in its most active years (1864-1890) ran 24 hours a day, using a turbine/waterwheel combination to turn the grindstones.
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The millstone, (sometimes, and incorrectly, referred to as a grindstone) is symbolic of the grist mills and flour mills prevalent of an earlier era.
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They also started using roller mills, as opposed to grindstones.
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The farm equipment included grindstones, a loom, a spinning wheel, a cotton picking machine, and riding chaise.
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A vertical shaft beneath the millhouse connects the grindstones with a tub wheel turbine.
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