Increased efficiency in the use of water and wind helped with such tasks as pumping, milling, or sailing.

提高水和风的利用效率有助于抽水、碾磨或航行等工作。

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We find it difficult to get to know people personally when they are milling about and dispersed in large groups.

我们发现，当人们成群结队地到处乱转时，我们就很难亲自去了解他们。

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Heavy rain has disrupted milling in the world's largest producer of sugar, Brazil, where a sizeable portion of sugarcane has been diverted from food use into ethanol fuel.

暴雨干扰了世界上最大产糖国巴西的加工业，而且那里很大一部分甘蔗已从食品应用转向乙醇燃料应用。

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The graphics are composed of 3D-rendered characters milling about in pre-rendered backgrounds.

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Mr. Haverland arranged for a computer-milling facility in Corning, N.

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Though he's known for upgrading traditional Southern cuisine with cutting-edge techniques (he uses liquid nitrogen in cold-milling corn for grits), Mr. Brock believes cooking simply is just as challenging as cooking with modern gadgets.

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