English English Dictionary

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bother in English:

1. annoy


He made mistakes on purpose to annoy me.
stop annoying me!
Are there any other things people do with their phones that annoy you.
Those impossible suggestions just annoy me.
Muiriel likes to annoy me lately.
She's always saying things that annoy me
The cat scratches people if they annoy it.
Her talk of claws which so annoyed me should have made me feel sorry for her.
other times it will simply annoy
Jane wouldn’t stop complaining and it was beginning to annoy me.
It annoys me when other people smoke.
I am always leaving my mobile phone at work. It's very annoying.
Tina really annoyed me in the ​meeting this ​morning.
She can be very annoying
I didn't say a word for fear I should annoy him.

2. to make the effort



English word "bother"(to make the effort) occurs in sets:

new opportunities - intermediate

3. to


Go to sleep.
I hope to one day speak German as well as you speak English.
Why aren't you going? "Because I don't want to."
It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.
Look at me when I talk to you!
Homeroom teachers should make every effort to keep in touch with their students.
Nobody ever comes to see us in this out-of-the-way village.
If I can get into university, I am hoping to learn to speak two foreign languages.
Fewer workers meant fewer people with money to buy goods.
Franklin Roosevelt was born to a rich and important New York family.
Two roundtrip tickets to Osaka, please.
The president was quoted as saying he would like to visit Japan soon.
You are welcome to the use of our house while we are away on vacation.
It began to rain heavily just as we got to the gate.
According to the weather forecast, the rainy season will set in next week.

English word "bother"(to) occurs in sets:

Verb + ing / Verb+to

4. To make an effort to do something