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be busy doing sth

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  • busy — bus‧y [ˈbɪzi] adjective 1. a telephone that is busy is being used; = engaged Bre 2. someone who is busy is working and is not available: • Mr Bullon is busy right now can you phone back after lunch? busy with • I ve been busy with customers all… …   Financial and business terms

  • busy — bus|y1 W2S1 [ˈbızi] adj comparative busier superlative busiest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(person)¦ 2¦(time)¦ 3¦(place)¦ 4¦(telephone)¦ 5¦(pattern)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: bisig] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • busy — 1 / bIzi/ adjective 1 WORKING NOW someone who is busy at a particular time is working and is not available: She s busy now, can you phone later? (+ with): Mr Haynes is busy with a customer at the moment. 2 busy doing sth giving something a lot of …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • (be) in the middle of something doing something — be in the middle of sth/of doing sth idiom to be busy doing sth • They were in the middle of dinner when I called. • I m in the middle of writing a difficult letter. Main entry: ↑middleidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • (be) in the middle of of doing something — be in the middle of sth/of doing sth idiom to be busy doing sth • They were in the middle of dinner when I called. • I m in the middle of writing a difficult letter. Main entry: ↑middleidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • tie somebody down (to something doing something) — ˌtie sb ˈdown (to sth/to doing sth) derived to restrict sb s freedom, for example by making them accept particular conditions or by keeping them busy • Kids tie you down, don t they? • I don t want to tie myself down to coming back on a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • tie somebody down (to to doing something) — ˌtie sb ˈdown (to sth/to doing sth) derived to restrict sb s freedom, for example by making them accept particular conditions or by keeping them busy • Kids tie you down, don t they? • I don t want to tie myself down to coming back on a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • employ — verb 1 pay sb to work ADVERB ▪ actively, directly ▪ By 1960 the arms industry directly employed 3.5 million people. ▪ indirectly ▪ currently ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • run round in circles — To act in too frenzied a way to achieve anything useful • • • Main Entry: ↑circle * * * run round in ˈcircles idiom (informal) to be busy doing sth without achieving anything important or making progress Main entry: ↑circle …   Useful english dictionary

  • go — 1 verb past tense went, past participle gone, 3rd person singular present tense goes TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE SPEAKER 1 LEAVE SOMEWHERE (I) to leave a place to go somewhere else; depart: I wanted to go, but Anna wanted to stay. | It s late; I must… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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