THORN

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Traducere în limba română

thorn substantiv

1. (şi fig.) spin, ghimpe, ţeapă;

to be / to sit on thorns a sta ca pe ghimpi / jeratic;

(fig.) to be a thorn in smb.'s flesh / side a fi un izvor de continuă iritare pentru cineva, a-i sta / a-i fi cuiva ca sarea / ca un spin în ochi;

to put a thorn in smb.'s pillow a provoca cuiva neplăceri / necazuri.

2. (bot.) porumbar, mărăcine (Prunus spinosa).

3. (paleogr.) caracterul runic corespunzător grupului th din limba engleză.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The faster he played, the more violent springs was she forced to make, and the thorns tore her clothes from her body, and pricked her and wounded her till she bled, and as he did not stop, she had to dance till she lay dead on the ground.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

After many, many years there came a king’s son into that land: and an old man told him the story of the thicket of thorns; and how a beautiful palace stood behind it, and how a wonderful princess, called Briar Rose, lay in it asleep, with all her court.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

A large hedge of thorns soon grew round the palace, and every year it became higher and thicker; till at last the old palace was surrounded and hidden, so that not even the roof or the chimneys could be seen.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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