What aids there were to lighten labor were immemorial, like the mill, which was already ancient in Chaucer's time.

译：那些帮助劳动的机械都不知从哪个年代就有了，比如磨坊，在乔叟的时代就已经是古老的了。

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Before 1955, most white people were just shadowy presences in our world, vague figures of power like remote bosses at the mill or clerks at the bank.

1955年以前，大多数白人在我们的世界里只是影子般的存在，就像工厂里高高在上的老板或银行职员那样的模糊的权力人物。

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Like the Italians and the Irish, most of the colored people migrated to Piedmont at the turn of the 20th century to work at the paper mill, which opened in 1888.

同意大利人和爱尔兰人一样，大多数有色人种在二十世纪之交移民到皮埃蒙特，并在1888年开业的造纸厂里工作。

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Like the Green Mill, the Green Door Tavern, another former speakeasy in the River North area, has kept much of its olde timey charm.

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While in some cases (like the rice mill owners) might be true, but it is far from the truth in general terms.

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They're all vying for the eye of potential investors, who mill about the booths like traders in a Middle Eastern bazaar.

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