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    nagging

    US /ˈnæɡɪŋ/

    ・

    UK /ˈnægɪŋ/

    B1
    v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To annoy someone by constantly complaining
    Please stop nagging me, I’ll remember to get the laundry, ok!

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    10 Things You Should Eliminate From Your Life

    08:2610 Things You Should Eliminate From Your Life
    • Instead of letting them fester, address and resolve these matters, take some time for self-reflection and identify any nagging issues still causing you distress.

      Instead of letting them fester, address and resolve these matters, take some time for self-reflection and identify any nagging issues still causing you distress.

    • Take some time for self-reflection and identify any nagging issues still causing you distress.

      Take some time for self-reflection and identify any nagging issues still causing you distress.

    B1

    You Will Never Be Able To Change A Man. Monique Marvez

    10:13You Will Never Be Able To Change A Man. Monique Marvez
    • Because he wants her to understand and quit nagging him.

      Because he wants her to understand and quit nagging him.

    • and quit nagging him.

      and quit nagging him.

    A2

    Democratic Presidential Debate - June 26 (Full) | NBC News

    36:00Democratic Presidential Debate - June 26 (Full) | NBC News
    • NAGGING ON EACH OTHER.

      NAGGING ON EACH OTHER.

    B1

    Before You Get Back With Your Ex — Watch THIS

    13:48Before You Get Back With Your Ex — Watch THIS
    • Frank answers can spare a couple decades of squabbling. Next, what trouble do I bring into the relationship? How am I difficult to live around? There should be no bristling here. Bearable people have a good handle on their unbearable dimensions. We don't need people to be perfect, we just need them to have a decent sense of how imperfect they are and how much their imperfections are going to cause the other pain. Then, what trouble do you bring into the relationship? How are you difficult to live around? We need agreement on the mutual complications that are being brought to the table. Both people should write their answers down, then show the other their analyses. Can both sides agree on what's most horrible in each person? The more alignment there can be, the less future criticism has to feel like nagging, and the more it can fit into a kinder project of helping someone to change as they would, at their saner moments, wish to change. Then, which bits of my anxiety and unhappiness did I discover were not, after all, your fault? What continued to be difficult even without you around? It's highly tempting when in a relationship to assume that all the misery we face is the fault of the lover. We attribute to the main person in our lives a commanding role in determining our state of mind. But when they're gone, we may be forced to realise a more complex truth – that our low moods and neuroses have their origins, in large part, in us rather than in them. It can, oddly, no longer all be their fault. How did life remain hard, even without them? What might they not be to blame for? Then, what I now appreciate more properly about you is… We're meant never to lose sight of what was great about them, but in reality, we sometimes need the perspective of time to get clearer about their virtues. In the long months since we were together, what sides of them did we realise we most deeply valued? Then, what did I learn from meeting other people? A truly tricky subject, but as we're realising, it's a capacity for eating humble pie that stands a restarted relationship in such good stead.

      Frank answers can spare a couple decades of squabbling. Next, what trouble do I bring into the relationship? How am I difficult to live around? There should be no bristling here. Bearable people have a good handle on their unbearable dimensions. We don't need people to be perfect, we just need them to have a decent sense of how imperfect they are and how much their imperfections are going to cause the other pain. Then, what trouble do you bring into the relationship? How are you difficult to live around? We need agreement on the mutual complications that are being brought to the table. Both people should write their answers down, then show the other their analyses. Can both sides agree on what's most horrible in each person? The more alignment there can be, the less future criticism has to feel like nagging, and the more it can fit into a kinder project of helping someone to change as they would, at their saner moments, wish to change. Then, which bits of my anxiety and unhappiness did I discover were not, after all, your fault? What continued to be difficult even without you around? It's highly tempting when in a relationship to assume that all the misery we face is the fault of the lover. We attribute to the main person in our lives a commanding role in determining our state of mind. But when they're gone, we may be forced to realise a more complex truth – that our low moods and neuroses have their origins, in large part, in us rather than in them. It can, oddly, no longer all be their fault. How did life remain hard, even without them? What might they not be to blame for? Then, what I now appreciate more properly about you is… We're meant never to lose sight of what was great about them, but in reality, we sometimes need the perspective of time to get clearer about their virtues. In the long months since we were together, what sides of them did we realise we most deeply valued? Then, what did I learn from meeting other people? A truly tricky subject, but as we're realising, it's a capacity for eating humble pie that stands a restarted relationship in such good stead.

    B1

    Taiwan To Up U.S. Investment After Trump Tariff Threats | TaiwanPlus News

    04:01Taiwan To Up U.S. Investment After Trump Tariff Threats | TaiwanPlus News
    • I have this nagging uneasy feeling that Taiwan is not taking this seriously and they're thinking about it as really public relations and not like a real threat.

      I have this nagging uneasy feeling that Taiwan is not taking this seriously and they're thinking about it as really public relations and not like a real threat.

    B1

    Top 50 Most Unforgettable Movie Cameos

    47:38Top 50 Most Unforgettable Movie Cameos
    • When a wild night becomes a day of retracing drunken steps, one nagging mystery in particular remains a head-scratcher.

      When a wild night becomes a day of retracing drunken steps, one nagging mystery in particular remains a head-scratcher.

    B2

    Time Management with English Subtitle by Randy Pausch, November 2007

    26:27Time Management with English Subtitle by Randy Pausch, November 2007
    • you'll probably never hear from them so you just start nagging them.

      you'll probably never hear from them so you just start nagging them.

    A2

    What is the future of working from home? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

    20:55What is the future of working from home? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service
    • I can't help but have this nagging feeling that sort of continual remote working has affected our bottom line.

      I can't help but have this nagging feeling that sort of continual remote working has affected our bottom line.

    A2

    5 Signs He's Seeing Other Women

    03:505 Signs He's Seeing Other Women
    • Listen, relationships require trust, and if you constantly don't trust him and keep nagging about him seeing other women, then he's not going to put up with that shit.

      Listen, relationships require trust, and if you constantly don't trust him and keep nagging about him seeing other women, then he's not going to put up with that shit.

    A2

    Alain de Botton: On Love

    12:49Alain de Botton: On Love
    • of mutual nagging and shirking.

      of mutual nagging and shirking.

    • What is nagging?

      What is nagging?

    B1