189. Bug someone. Profesor.

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction

Sometimes people or things just annoy you. Find out about an expression that describes those things.

Transcript

Feifei
Hello and welcome to The English We Speak with me, Feifei.

Roy
And me, Roy. Who’s the person in the grey suit speaking to Neil?

Feifei
I’m not sure, but he looks very elegant. He looks really familiar.

Roy
Is it Brad Pitt?

Feifei
No, it’s not. But I’m sure I recognise his face. It’s really bugging me.

Roy
What? The man’s face has a bug on it?

Feifei
No, Roy. I said it’s bugging me. If something bugs someone, it’s really annoying or irritating. People can also bug another person – it’s an informal way of saying ‘irritate someone’. So, what I meant was he seems familiar, but I’m still not sure who it is, and it’s annoying me!

Roy
Ahhh. That makes sense. Yes – it’s bugging me too. I’ll go and ask who it is while we listen to some examples.

Examples
My car is always breaking down. It really bugs me that they can’t fix it.

My friend is bugging me about going to the cinema, but I don’t want to go.

I’m sorry. I don’t mean to bug you by asking you again, but I forgot if you wanted tea or coffee.

Feifei
You’re listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we’re hearing about the expression ‘bug someone’, which means something is irritating or annoying someone. It can be used to talk about a thing or a person that we find annoying. So, Roy, did you find out who the person in the grey suit is?

Roy
I did, yes.

Feifei
And?

Roy
And you’ll never guess who it was!

Feifei
Roy, just tell me who it was and don’t bug me!

Roy
It’s Rob. He had a haircut and new suit on. He looks amazing!

Feifei
Wow! I should have guessed! That’ll bug me for a while!

Roy
Well, I don’t want to bug you any longer. Bye!

Feifei
Bye.