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Can't be bothered cooking?



 
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Expression: You needn’t have bothered | Please help me with this paragraph
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Can't be bothered cooking? #1 (permalink) Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:52 am   Can't be bothered cooking?
 

Hi, what does this phrase mean:

I can’t be bothered cooking.

Thanks in advance.
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Can't be bothered #2 (permalink) Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:34 am   Can't be bothered
 

Hi FrankU,

I can't be bothered to do something means I have no interest in doing something/I can't make the effort to do something. The construction usually takes the infinitive after it rather than the ing form.

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