He had to deal with Holly bushes, nettles, hawthorns, eglantines, thistles, and very irascible brambles.

他得和灌木、荨麻、出楂、野蔷薇、飞廉和一触即怒的黑莓打交道。

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His half of the pasture filled with thistles.

NEWYORKER: Silver or Lead

He looked through the kitchen window, but the yard was empty and all he could see, among the thistles and scrap iron, was a dilapidated cart with two rusty wheels.

NEWYORKER: Waiting