bother
bo
ˈbɑ
baa
ther
ðər
dhēr
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "bother"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĒāĻĻā§āϰāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to annoy or trouble someone, especially when they are busy or want to be left alone
Transitive: to bother sb
to bother definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please do n't bother me while I'm working on this important project.
āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāχ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to put effort and energy into doing something
Transitive: to bother doing sth
to bother definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She did n't bother reading the instructions before assembling the furniture, and now it's all wrong.
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to feel worried, upset, or concerned
Transitive: to bother sb
to bother definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her headaches were bothering her, so I recommended Dr. Collins to her.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĄ. āĻ•āϞāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to feel agitated or confused
Transitive: to bother sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her unexpected question seemed to bother him, leaving him unsure of how to respond.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āύāĻž āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to interrupt or disturb someone by intruding into their space or time
Transitive: to bother sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please do n’t bother me while I ’m working.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āϘāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to care or pay attention to something
Intransitive: to bother with sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n’t bother with the extra details, just focus on the main points.
āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž

difficulty, trouble, or problem
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She did n’t want to ask for help and cause any bother to her colleagues.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āϚāĻžāχāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύ

an angry disturbance

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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