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1 millstone
1) (one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain.) mlinski kamen2) ((usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress: He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck.) kamen* * *[mílstoun]nounmlinski kamen, žrmeljhard as the nether millstone — trd ko kamen, neusmiljenfiguratively between upper and nether millstone — med mlinskimi kamnito see into a millstone — vse spregledati, ironically slišati travo rasti -
2 nether
[néðə]adjectivedolnji, spodnji
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nether millstone — nether millstone, 1. the lower of a pair of millstones in a mill for grinding grain: »His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone (Job 41:24). 2. Figurative. great hardness … Useful english dictionary
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