transcription, транскрипция: [ θɔ:(r)n ]
( thorns)
1.
Thorns are the sharp points on some plants and trees, for example on a rose bush.
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2.
A thorn or a thorn bush or a thorn tree is a bush or tree which has a lot of thorns on it.
...the shade of a thorn bush.
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3.
If you describe someone or something as a thorn in your side or a thorn in your flesh , you mean that they are a continuous problem to you or annoy you.
The Party was a thorn in the flesh of his coalition.
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