verb
I wish they'd stop bothering me about paying the telephone bill
Too few people are interested in bothering about the welfare of others
She was increasingly bothered by her inability to understand the local language
noun
Those pets must be a lot of bother
Painting the lattice will be more bother than it's worth
She seems to have worked herself into quite a bother about something quite insignificant
Mother is such a bother, always asking if I wear my galoshes when it rains
We ran into a bit of bother at the pub last night
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