bother

bother
both·er [ʼbɒðəʳ, Am ʼbɑ:ðɚ] n
1) (trouble) Mühe f;
it is no \bother [at all] [überhaupt] kein Problem!;
to go to all the \bother of doing sth sich dat die Mühe machen, etw zu tun;
to not be/to not seem worth the \bother kaum der Mühe wert sein
2) (nuisance) Belastung f;
to not want to be a \bother nicht lästig sein wollen;
to get into a spot of \bother (Brit) (fam) Schwierigkeiten bekommen;
there was a spot of \bother in town last night letzte Nacht gab es in der Stadt eine Schlägerei interj (esp Brit)
\bother! Mist! (sl) vi usu negative
to [not] \bother doing [or to do] sth sich dat [nicht] die Mühe machen, etw zu tun;
you'd have found it if you'd \bothered looking hättest du wirklich danach gesucht, dann hättest du es auch gefunden;
I can't be \bothered to cook this evening heute Abend kann ich mich nicht zum Kochen überwinden;
you needn't have \bothered to do it now, it could have waited damit hätten Sie sich Zeit lassen können;
why did nobody \bother to tell me something was wrong? warum hat mir eigentlich keiner gesagt, dass etwas nicht stimmte?;
he walked out of the office without \bothering to say goodbye er ging aus dem Büro, ohne auch nur auf Wiedersehen zu sagen;
why \bother? warum sich darüber den Kopf zerbrechen?;
don't \bother! lass nur!;
to not \bother about [doing] sth sich akk nicht um etw akk kümmern vt
to \bother sb jdn belästigen;
don't \bother me! verschone mich damit!;
quit \bothering me! lass mich in Ruh'!;
what's \bothering you? wo drückt der Schuh?;
my tooth is \bothering me ich habe Zahnschmerzen;
the heat was beginning to \bother him die Hitze begann ihm zu schaffen zu machen;
it doesn't \bother me if he doesn't turn up es ist mir gleichgültig, wenn er nicht kommt;
to \bother about sth auf etw akk achten

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