Bug someone
Learning English Conversations
BBC
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2022
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes people or things just annoy you. Learn a phrase about this.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a download from BBC Learning English. |
| 0:03.0 | To find out more, visit our website. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello and welcome to the English we speak. |
| 0:10.0 | With me, Fay, and me, Roy. Who's the person in the grey suit speaking to Neil? |
| 0:16.2 | I'm not sure, but he looks very elegant. He looks really familiar. |
| 0:21.6 | Is it Brad Pitt? |
| 0:23.8 | No, it's not, but I'm sure I recognize his face. |
| 0:28.3 | It's really bugging me. |
| 0:30.0 | What? The man's face has a bug on it. |
| 0:34.0 | No, Roy, I said it's bugging me. |
| 0:38.0 | If something bugs someone, it's really annoying or irritating. |
| 0:42.0 | People can also bug another person. It's an informal way of saying |
| 0:46.8 | irritate someone. So what I meant was he seems familiar, but I'm still not sure who it is and it's annoying me. |
| 0:55.8 | Ah, that makes sense. |
| 0:59.8 | Yeah, it's bugging me too. I'll go and ask who it is while we listen to some examples. |
| 1:07.0 | My car is always breaking me about going to the |
| 1:15.0 | my friend is bugging me about going to the cinema but I don't want to go. |
| 1:21.0 | I'm sorry I don't mean to bug you by asking you again but I forgot if you |
| 1:26.3 | wanted tea or coffee. |
| 1:29.7 | You're listening to the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're hearing |
| 1:36.9 | about the expression Buck Someone which means something is irritating or |
| 1:41.6 | annoying someone. |
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