Meaning of DON'T BOTHER - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So in English we have the phrase, "don't bother", which means don't go out of your way to do
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something.
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The other day Jen called me from the grocery store and said, "I'm gonna pick up some milk,
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and some eggs, and some bread.", and I said, "Don't bother because your dad actually stopped
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in and he gave us some eggs.
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Jen's dad has chickens by the way.
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So when you say to someone "don't bother" it means, you know, don't do the thing that
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you said you were going to do.
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Don't, don't bother doing it.
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Sorry I just used the phrase to define the phrase, but, essentially it means there's
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no need to do it anymore so don't bother doing it.
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Oftentimes we use the word bother to talk about bugging someone or being kind of mean
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to someone, but in this sense, when we say, "don't bother" it means that you don't need
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to do the thing you were going to do.
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So, I mentioned I was home a bit late tonight.
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I almost didn't bother making a video, but then I thought, that would have been my very
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first video that I missed.
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Actually I think I missed one way back in June because I was up late and before I knew
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it, it was past midnight, so I almost didn't bother making a video but then I thought,
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you know what, it's only quarter to eight, you can see the clock over there, you can
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see some of my mess on my desk, it's only quarter to eight, I should just make a quick
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one, so, here you go!
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