bother

わざわざする、手間をかける

しなくてもよいことを、わざわざ手間をかけてする。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： 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.)

類義語： make an effort, take the trouble

よく使う表現： bother to ask, bother with something, not bother, bother to reply

悩ませる、困らせる

人を心配させたり、いらいらさせたりする。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： annoy, trouble, disturb, worry

よく使う表現： bother someone, bother me

呪う

怒りから、人や物に悪いことが起こるよう願う。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： curse

よく使う表現： bother it, bother the weather, bother that noise

手間、面倒

物事を進めにくくする余計な手間や困難。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： trouble, inconvenience, hassle

よく使う表現： no bother, without any bother, save someone bother

厄介者、邪魔者

面倒を起こしたり、人を困らせたりする人や物。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： nuisance, annoyance, pest

よく使う表現： be a bother, a real bother, such a bother

騒ぎ、大騒ぎ

あることをめぐって興奮したり、腹を立てたりして起こる騒ぎや言い争い。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： fuss, ado, commotion

よく使う表現： make a bother, a bit of bother, all this bother

ちぇっ、しまった

物事がうまくいかず、腹立たしいときに出す言葉。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： drat

よく使う表現： oh bother, bother it