1
DET
You use
both
when you are referring to two people or things and saying that something is true about each of them. □
She cried out in fear and flung both arms up to protect her face.
□
Put both vegetables into a bowl and crush with a potato masher.
● QUANT
Both
is also a quantifier. □ [+ of
]
Both of these women have strong memories of the Vietnam War.
□
We're going to Andreas's Boutique to pick out something original for both of us.
● PRON
Both
is also a pronoun. □
Miss Brown and her friend, both from Stoke, were arrested on the 8th of June.
□
Will there be public-works programmes, or community service, or both?
● PRON
Both
is also an emphasizing pronoun. □
He visited the Institute of Neurology in Havana where they both worked.
□
'Well, I'll leave you both, then,' said Gregory.
● PREDET
Both
is also a predeterminer. [EMPHASIS
] □
Both the band's writers are fascinating lyricists.
□
Both the horses were out, tacked up and ready to ride.
2
CONJ
You use the structure
both…and
when you are giving two facts or alternatives and emphasizing that each of them is true or possible. □
Now women work both before and after having their children.
□
Any such action would have to be approved by both American and Saudi leaders.
both|er
◆◇◇ /bɒ
ðə
r
/ (bothers
, bothering
, bothered
)
1
VERB
If you do not
bother
to
do something or if you do not
bother
with
it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy. □ [V
to-inf]
Lots of people don't bother to go through a marriage ceremony these days.
□ [V
v-ing]
Most of the papers didn't even bother reporting it.
□ [V
]
Nothing I do makes any difference anyway, so why bother?
□ [V
+ with/about
]
…and he does not bother with a helmet either.
2
N‑UNCOUNT
[oft a
N
]
Bother
means trouble or difficulty. You can also use
bother
to refer to an activity which causes this, especially when you would prefer not to do it or get involved with it. □
I usually buy sliced bread–it's less bother.
□
Most men hate the bother of shaving.
3
VERB
If something
bothers
you, or if you
bother
about it, it worries, annoys, or upsets you. □ [V
n]
Is something bothering you?
□ [V
n]
That kind of jealousy doesn't bother me.
□ [V
n that]
It bothered me that boys weren't interested in me.
□ [V
+ about
]
Never bother about people's opinions.
[Also V
n wh] ●
both|ered
ADJ
[v-link ADJ
] □ [+ about
]
I was bothered about the blister on my hand.
□
I'm not bothered if he has another child.
4
VERB
If someone
bothers
you, they talk to you when you want to be left alone or interrupt you when you are busy. □ [V
n]
We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me.
□ [V
n + with/about
]
I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish.
5
PHRASE
If you say that you
can't be bothered
to
do something, you mean that you are not going to do it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy. □
I just can't be bothered to look after the house.
6hot and bothered
→ see
hot
SYNONYMS
bother
NOUN
2
trouble:You've caused us a lot of trouble.
problem:…the economic problems of the inner city.
difficulty:…the difficulty of getting accurate information.
nuisance:Sorry to be a nuisance.
VERB
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