hassle

tracas, galère

Chose qui demande des efforts supplémentaires à cause de difficultés agaçantes.

En anglais simple : Something that takes extra effort because of annoying problems.

• Parking here is a hassle.
• We booked the tickets without any hassle.
• Moving house involved several unexpected hassles.

Synonymes : bother, trouble, annoyance

Expressions courantes : a real hassle, too much hassle, without any hassle, a lot of hassle

embêter, harceler

Agacer quelqu’un en le dérangeant ou en lui demandant des choses sans arrêt.

En anglais simple : To annoy someone by repeatedly bothering them or making demands.

• Stop hassling me!
• The salespeople hassled us as we walked past.
• My boss keeps hassling me to finish the report.

Comment l'utiliser : hassle someone about something (He keeps hassling me about the report.); hassle someone for something (They hassled her for money.)

Synonymes : bother, pester, annoy, harass

Expressions courantes : hassle someone, hassle someone for something, hassle someone about something

chercher querelle à, provoquer

Déranger volontairement quelqu’un pour provoquer une dispute ou une bagarre.

En anglais simple : To bother someone deliberately because you want to start a fight or argument.

• Do not hassle him; he wants a fight.
• A group of boys hassled strangers outside the station.
• They were hassling each other until a fight broke out.

Comment l'utiliser : hassle someone (A man outside the bar tried to hassle us.)

Synonymes : provoke, pick a fight with

Expressions courantes : hassle someone, hassle strangers, hassle other people