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bother

/ˈbɑðɚ/ verbe A2

En français : bâdrer, déranger, embêter, gêner

  1. To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. (transitive) · Would it bother you if I smoked?
  2. Damn; curse. (transitive)
  3. To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern. (intransitive) · I never bother about such trivialities.· I wouldn't bother with an umbrella if I were you.
  4. To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something). (intransitive) · Why do I even bother to try?
  5. To do something which is of negligible inconvenience. (intransitive) · You didn’t even bother to close the door.

He/she/it bothers · Prétérit bothered · Participe passé bothered · Forme en -ing bothering

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Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque

“Oh, don’t bother _me_,” said the Duchess; “I never could abide figures!” And with that she began nursing her child again, singing a sort of lullaby to it as she did so, and giving it a violent shake at the end of every line:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 43 · B2
“Bother my white teeth!
The Jungle Book, p. 78 · B2
“What are you bothering for?
The Jungle Book, p. 85 · B2
Phillips’s brief reforming energy was over; he didn’t want the bother of punishing a dozen pupils; but it was necessary to do something to save his word, so he looked about for a scapegoat and found it in Anne, who had dropped into her seat, gasping for breath, with a forgotten lily wreath hanging askew over one ear and giving her a particularly rakish and disheveled appearance.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 117 · C1

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