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1 thorn
noun1) (part of plant) Dorn, der2) (plant) Dornenstrauch, der3)a thorn in the flesh or side/in somebody's flesh or side — ein Pfahl im Fleische/im Fleische für jemanden
* * *[Ɵo:n](a hard, sharp point sticking out from the stem of certain plants: She pricked her finger on a thorn.) der Dorn- academic.ru/74656/thorny">thorny* * *[θɔ:n, AM θɔ:rn]n4.* * *[ɵɔːn]nDorn m; (= shrub) Dornbusch m, Dornenstrauch m* * *thorn [θɔː(r)n] s1. Dorn m:a) jemandem ein Pfahl im Fleisch sein,2. BOT Dornstrauch m, besonders Weißdorn m3. Dorn m (der altenglische und isländische Buchstabe þ)* * *noun1) (part of plant) Dorn, der2) (plant) Dornenstrauch, der3)a thorn in the flesh or side/in somebody's flesh or side — ein Pfahl im Fleische/im Fleische für jemanden
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2 thorn
[ɵɔ:n, Am ɵɔ:rn] nPHRASES:to be a \thorn in sb's flesh [or side] jdm ein Dorn im Auge sein;
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