bother

se donner la peine

Prendre la peine de faire quelque chose qu’on pourrait choisir de ne pas faire.

En anglais simple : To make the effort to do something, especially when you might choose not to.

• Do not bother to wait.
• She never bothers checking her email.
• Why did you bother with all that paperwork?

Comment l'utiliser : bother to do something (He did not bother to read the instructions.); bother doing something (Why bother cooking when we can order food?); bother with something (Do not bother with the dishes tonight.)

Synonymes : make an effort, take the trouble

Expressions courantes : bother to ask, bother with something, not bother, bother to reply

déranger, ennuyer, inquiéter

Causer de l’inquiétude ou de l’agacement à quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To make someone feel worried or annoyed.

• The noise bothers me.
• Her headache bothered her all day.
• Does it bother you when people arrive late?

Synonymes : annoy, trouble, disturb, worry

Expressions courantes : bother someone, bother me

maudire

Exprimer sa colère en souhaitant du mal à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To express anger at someone or something by wishing bad things on them.

• Bother this rain!
• Bother the man who locked the door!
• Bother it, I have lost my key again.

Synonymes : curse

Expressions courantes : bother it, bother the weather, bother that noise

tracas, désagrément

Travail supplémentaire ou difficulté qui complique les choses.

En anglais simple : Extra work or difficulty that makes something less easy.

• It was no bother.
• Ordering online saved us a lot of bother.
• Can you carry it without much bother?

Synonymes : trouble, inconvenience, hassle

Expressions courantes : no bother, without any bother, save someone bother

nuisance, enquiquineur

Personne ou chose qui cause des ennuis ou de l’agacement.

En anglais simple : A person or thing that causes trouble or annoyance.

• I hope I am not a bother.
• That loose window is a real bother.
• The children became a bother during the meeting.

Synonymes : nuisance, annoyance, pest

Expressions courantes : be a bother, a real bother, such a bother

agitation, remue-ménage

Agitation et disputes autour de quelque chose, dues à l’excitation ou au mécontentement.

En anglais simple : Excited or annoyed activity and argument about something.

• There was a bit of bother over the bill.
• She made a great bother about the seating arrangements.
• All this bother started with a missing ticket.

Synonymes : fuss, ado, commotion

Expressions courantes : make a bother, a bit of bother, all this bother

zut, mince

Exclamation utilisée quand quelque chose tourne mal et qu’on est agacé.

En anglais simple : Used when something goes wrong and you feel annoyed.

• Bother! I forgot my bag.
• Oh, bother! The bus has already left.
• Bother! Now we have to start again.

Synonymes : drat

Expressions courantes : oh bother, bother it