
[Middle English throwe, perhaps alteration of thrawe, from Old English thrawu, genitive of thrēah, pain, affliction.]
A positive forecast from US Vice President Dick Cheney:
"The insurgency in Iraq is 'in the last throes,'"he said, predicting that calm would be restored in Iraq by the end of President Bush's term in office.
Link: Iraq insurgency in 'last throes,' Cheney says
Posted June 1, 2005.
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noun
She visited the country in the throes of revolution, and found it unsafe to explore.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kval, vånde
Nederlands (Dutch)
stuiptrekking
Français (French)
n. - douleur, agonie, (au) beau milieu (de)
Deutsch (German)
n. - heftiger Schmerz, seelischer Schmerz
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έντονο άλγος, αγωνία, ωδίνες
Português (Portuguese)
n. - pontada (f), dor violenta (f), angústia (f), dores do parto (f)
Русский (Russian)
спазмы, судороги, сильная боль, агония, предсмертные судороги, родовые боли
Español (Spanish)
n. - dolor, angustia, ansias
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - födslovånda, plåga, kval, ångest
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
剧痛, 阵痛
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 劇痛, 陣痛
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 격통, 임종의 고통, 과도기의 혼란
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 激痛, 陣痛
v. - 苦悶する
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الم مفاجئ او مبرح
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חבלי-לידה, ייסורים, עווית-כאב, ייסורי גסיסה
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