(too busy)

  • 1too busy doing something — phrase 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. Thesaurus: not paying… …

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  • 2Too Busy Thinking About My Baby — Infobox Single Name = Too Busy Thinking About My Baby Artist = Marvin Gaye from Album = M.P.G. B side = Wherever I Lay My Hat (That s My Home) Released = April 1969 Format = 7 single Recorded = Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1969 Genre = Soul Length …

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  • 3too 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 …

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  • 4busy — 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… …

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  • 5too — [ tu ] adverb *** Too is used in the following ways: as an ordinary adverb (before an adjective or adverb or before much, many, few, etc.): You re too young to understand politics. as a way of showing how a sentence, clause, or phrase is related… …

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  • 6busy — bus|y1 [ bızi ] adjective *** 1. ) having many things to do: The parents of young children are always busy. a busy doctor He is an extremely busy man. busy with: Irina and Marcus were busy with preparations for their wedding. a ) not able to do a …

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  • 7busy — I UK [ˈbɪzɪ] / US adjective Word forms busy : adjective busy comparative busier superlative busiest *** Metaphor: Being very busy at work is like being covered with things or surrounded by something such as water or the ground, so that you cannot …

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  • 8Busy Being Fabulous — Infobox Single Name = Busy Being Fabulous Cover size = Caption = Artist = Eagles Album = Long Road out of Eden Released = Janurary 2008 (U. S.) Format = CD single Recorded = Genre = Soft rock, country rock Length = 4:17 Label = Lost Highway… …

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  • 9busy — [[t]bɪ̱zi[/t]] ♦♦♦ busier, busiest, busies, busying, busied 1) ADJ GRADED When you are busy, you are working hard or concentrating on a task, so that you are not free to do anything else. What is it? I m busy... They are busy preparing for a… …

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  • 10busy — 1. adjective 1) the campaign volunteers have been busy Syn: occupied, engaged, involved, employed, working, hard at work; rushed off one s feet, hard pressed, swamped, up to one s neck; on the job, absorbed, engrossed, immersed, preoccupied;… …

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