to be busily doing

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• busily — bus|i|ly [ bızıli ] adverb if you are busily doing something, you are giving all your attention to it: The little girls were busily playing in the sand …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• busily — UK [ˈbɪzɪlɪ] / US adverb if you are busily doing something, you are giving all your attention to it The little girls were busily engaged in filling their buckets with sand …   English dictionary

• too busy doing something — used for saying that someone is paying too much attention to something, with the result that they do not have time for someone or something else I tried to tell you, but you were always too busy talking to listen. See: busily …   English dictionary

• up and doing — idi+inf busily engaged in activities …   From formal English to slang

• at it — {adj. phr.} Busily doing something; active. * /His rule for success was to keep always at it./ * /The couple who owned the little cleaning shop were at it early and late./ * /Mr. Curtis heard a loud crash in the next apartment the neighbors were… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• at it — {adj. phr.} Busily doing something; active. * /His rule for success was to keep always at it./ * /The couple who owned the little cleaning shop were at it early and late./ * /Mr. Curtis heard a loud crash in the next apartment the neighbors were… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• at\ it — adj. phr. Busily doing something; active. His rule for success was to keep always at it. The couple who owned the little cleaning shop were at it early and late. Mr. Curtis heard a loud crash in the next apartment the neighbors were at it again …   Словарь американских идиом

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• 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

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• United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium