Emotions & feelings
grate on someone
annoy someone
If something grates on you, it annoys or irritates you.
Hear it in real life
Do you like working with him?
Mostly, but his constant complaining grates on me.
His habit of checking his phone while I am talking really grates on me.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The noise grates ‸ me.
Say: The noise grates on me.
Use the preposition 'on' after 'grate' when you say who is irritated.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
something grates on someone; something is grating
Your turn: say it out loud
His habit of checking his phone while I am talking really grates on me.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
grate on someone
annoy someone
“His habit of checking his phone while I am talking really grates on me.”
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