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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
bother
/ˈbɒðə/
verb1 of 2
to take the trouble to do something
- “It bothers me that I left my son home alone.”Tatoeba
- “If there's something bothering you, we can talk about it.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
noun2 of 2
Fuss, ado.
Synonyms
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))