Bother
Bother verb - To thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation.
Worried about and bother are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Worried about" instead a verb "Bother".
Worried about
Bother and worried about are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bother" instead a verb "Worried about".
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Both terms in one sentence
- On their way out they point at that now that they've found him and all the friends are together, the things they were worried about really didn't bother them anymore.
Source: Boring Return Journey -
He's not too worried about all the cuts he's gotten from the pine needles, and later when he grabs the star, he doesn't bother to think about maintaining his grip, and falls off the tree.
Source: Manga / My Love Story!! - Mycroft notes that the woman who invented them was more worried about making sure all religion and spiritual history didn't disappear, and didn't bother writing down the origins of the word she just made up.
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