"bother" meaning in English

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      "form": "bothers",
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    {
      "form": "bothered",
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    },
    {
      "form": "bothered",
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        "past",
        "participle"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bothering",
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        "present",
        "participle"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't bother with the dishes. I'll do them later."
        },
        {
          "text": "I didn't bother to clean up after he was finished."
        },
        {
          "text": "Did you bother going to the hospital to meet her?"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sometimes wonder why I even bother."
        },
        {
          "text": "Nobody even bothered to ask how I was feeling."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you bother to do something, you make an effort to do it."
      ],
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        "transitive & intransitive"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Would it bother you if I smoked?"
        },
        {
          "text": "My tooth has been bothering me lately."
        },
        {
          "text": "It bothered me that she had no answers."
        },
        {
          "text": "The water out here is peaceful, and there's nobody to bother you."
        },
        {
          "text": "Go back to sleep, Howie. I'm sorry I bothered you."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something bothers someone, it disturbs or worries them."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈbɒðə/",
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        "UK"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/'bɑðɚ/",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can do it – no bother."
        },
        {
          "text": "It's not worth the bother. Just leave it there."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small trouble or problem."
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't want to be a bother, so I'll just go out by myself."
        },
        {
          "text": "It's such a bother, I don't think I'll go."
        }
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        "A bother is somebody or something that makes trouble for you."
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      "ipa": "/ˈbɒðə/",
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      "ipa": "/'bɑðɚ/",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Oh, bother! Now I'll have to make it again."
        }
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        "You say bother when you are annoyed."
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      "ipa": "/'bɑðɚ/",
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    {
      "form": "bothers",
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        "third-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bothered",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bothered",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bothering",
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        "present",
        "participle"
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        {
          "text": "Don't bother with the dishes. I'll do them later."
        },
        {
          "text": "I didn't bother to clean up after he was finished."
        },
        {
          "text": "Did you bother going to the hospital to meet her?"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sometimes wonder why I even bother."
        },
        {
          "text": "Nobody even bothered to ask how I was feeling."
        }
      ],
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        "If you bother to do something, you make an effort to do it."
      ],
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        "Transitive verbs"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Would it bother you if I smoked?"
        },
        {
          "text": "My tooth has been bothering me lately."
        },
        {
          "text": "It bothered me that she had no answers."
        },
        {
          "text": "The water out here is peaceful, and there's nobody to bother you."
        },
        {
          "text": "Go back to sleep, Howie. I'm sorry I bothered you."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something bothers someone, it disturbs or worries them."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈbɒðə/",
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      "ipa": "/'bɑðɚ/",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can do it – no bother."
        },
        {
          "text": "It's not worth the bother. Just leave it there."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small trouble or problem."
      ],
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't want to be a bother, so I'll just go out by myself."
        },
        {
          "text": "It's such a bother, I don't think I'll go."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bother is somebody or something that makes trouble for you."
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/'bɑðɚ/",
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        {
          "text": "Oh, bother! Now I'll have to make it again."
        }
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        "You say bother when you are annoyed."
      ]
    }
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