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worry:I'm still in the early days of my recovery and that worries me.

trouble:Is anything troubling you?

concern:It concerned her that Bess was developing a crush on Max.

upset:She warned me not to say anything to upset him.

both|er|some /bɒ ðə ^r səm/ ADJ Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating. [OLD-FASHIONED ]

Bo|tox /boʊ tɒks/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Botox is a substance that is injected into the face in order to make the skin look smoother. [TRADEMARK ] □  …Botox injections.

bot|tle ◆◆◇ /bɒ t ^ə l/ (bottles , bottling , bottled )

1 N‑COUNT A bottle is a glass or plastic container in which drinks and other liquids are kept. Bottles are usually round with straight sides and a narrow top. □  There were two empty bottles on the table. □  He was pulling the cork from a bottle of wine. □  …Victorian scent bottles. ● N‑COUNT A bottle of something is an amount of it contained in a bottle. □ [+ of ] Drink a bottle of water an hour - more if it's hot .

2 VERB To bottle a drink or other liquid means to put it into bottles after it has been made. □ [V n] This is a large truck which has equipment to automatically bottle the wine. □ [V -ed] …bottled water.

3 N‑COUNT A bottle is a drinking container used by babies. It has a special rubber part at the top through which they can suck their drink.

4 → see also bottled , feeding bottle , hot-water bottle , water bottle

▸  bottle up PHRASAL VERB If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V n P ] Tension in the home increases if you bottle things up. □ [V P n] Be assertive rather than bottle up your anger.

bo t|tle bank (bottle banks ) N‑COUNT A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again. [BRIT ]

bot|tled /bɒ t ^ə ld/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Bottled gas is kept under pressure in special metal cylinders which can be moved from one place to another.

2 → see also bottle

bo ttle-feed (bottle-feeds , bottle-feeding , bottle-fed ) VERB If you bottle-feed a baby, you give it milk or a liquid like milk in a bottle rather than the baby sucking milk from its mother's breasts. □ [V n] New fathers love bottle-feeding their babies. □ [V -ed] …a bottle-fed baby.

bo ttle-gree n also bottle green COLOUR Something that is bottle-green is dark green in colour.

bottle|neck /bɒ t ^ə lnek/ (bottlenecks )

1 N‑COUNT A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.

2 N‑COUNT A bottleneck is a situation that stops a process or activity from progressing. □  He pushed everyone full speed ahead until production hit a bottleneck.

bo ttle-opener (bottle-openers ) N‑COUNT A bottle-opener is a metal device for removing caps or tops from bottles.

bot|tler /bɒ tələ ^r / (bottlers ) N‑COUNT A bottler is a person or company that puts drinks into bottles.

bo t|tle shop (bottle shops ) N‑COUNT A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks. [AUSTRALIAN ]

bot|tom ◆◆◇ /bɒ təm/ (bottoms , bottoming , bottomed )

1 N‑COUNT The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it. □ [+ of ] He sat at the bottom of the stairs. □ [+ of ] Answers can be found at the bottom of page 8. □ [+ of ] …the bottom of the sea.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] The bottom thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the lowest one. □  There's an extra duvet in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.