annoying thing

collocation in English

meaningsofannoyingandthing

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annoying
adjective
uk
/əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/us
/əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/
making you feel ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofannoyingandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is theannoyingthing.
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It is a mostannoyingthing.
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It is anannoyingthingto happen.
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Theannoyingthingis that it required a war to wake us up to the grim necessity.
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The onlyannoyingthingwhich happened to me—cattle are very inquisitive—was when one shorthorn of mine went to investigate a hikers' tent.
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That was the onlyannoyingthingabout him.
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They are annoying things to have to carry about with one.
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One of the annoying things is the arrogance of the banks.
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He has got rid of an anomaly, and anomalies are annoying things and sometimes cause a good deal of frustration.
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Those are no doubt annoying things, but the difference between them and mobile phones, which we propose to tax, is that they are not provided by employers.
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