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大度地
Ich bin beschäftigt
English
English
German
German
I'm busy all this week
ich habe die ganze Woche keine Zeit
I'm busy at present [or the moment]
ich bin gerade beschäftigt
I'm very busy this week
ich habe diese Woche viel zu tun
I'd go myself, but I'm too busy
ich würde [ja] selbst gehen, aber ich bin zu beschäftigt
I'm actually rather busy at the moment
ich bin im Augenblick leider ziemlich beschäftigt
German
German
English
English
ich hab zu tun
I'm busy
störe mich jetzt nicht, ich habe [noch] zu tun
don't disturb me now, I'm busy
ich bin beruflich so eingespannt, dass auf der privaten Schiene wenig läuft
I'm so busy with my job that I don't have much [of a] private life
I. busy [ˈbɪzi] ADJ
1. busy (occupied):
busy
beschäftigt
are you busy?
haben Sie einen Moment Zeit?
I'm very busy this week
ich habe diese Woche viel zu tun
to be busy with [or doing] sth
mit etw dat beschäftigt sein
to get busy
loslegen inf
to get busy
sich acc an die Arbeit machen
to keep oneself/sb busy with sth
sich/jdn mit etw dat beschäftigen
I'll keep myself busy with a magazine while I wait
ich werde mir die Zeit, während ich warte, mit einer Illustrierten vertreiben
he keeps himself busy by building a model train set in his free time
er verbringt seine Freizeit mit dem Bau einer Modelleisenbahn
to keep sb busy children, work
jdn in Atem [o. inf Trab] halten
2. busy (active):
busy day
arbeitsreich
busy life
bewegt
busy life
ereignisreich
busy intersection, street
viel befahren
busy intersection, street
verkehrsreich
busy seaport
stark frequentiert form
busy seaport
umschlagstark
busy shop
stark besucht [o. form frequentiert]
I've had a busy day
ich hatte heute viel zu tun
December is the busiest time of the year
der Dezember ist die Jahreszeit, in der am meisten los ist
3. busy pej:
busy (overly decorated)
überladen <überlädt, überlud, überladen>
busy (too colourful) wallpaper
zu bunt
busy pattern
unruhig
4. busy esp Am TELEC:
busy
besetzt
the line is busy
die Leitung ist besetzt
Phrases:
to be [as] busy as a bee
bienenfleißig sein
the children were as busy as bees picking apples
die Kinder waren mit Feuereifer dabei, Äpfel zu pflücken
II. busy <-ie-> [ˈbɪzi] VB trans
to busy oneself with sth
sich acc mit etw dat beschäftigen
OpenDict entry
busy ADJ
busy (area, street, square)
[sehr] belebt
Present
Ibusy
youbusy
he/she/itbusies
webusy
youbusy
theybusy
Past
Ibusied
youbusied
he/she/itbusied
webusied
youbusied
theybusied
Present Perfect
Ihavebusied
youhavebusied
he/she/ithasbusied
wehavebusied
youhavebusied
theyhavebusied
Past Perfect
Ihadbusied
youhadbusied
he/she/ithadbusied
wehadbusied
youhadbusied
theyhadbusied
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
Sitting on the sundeck we had great views of farmland, fishing boats and people going about their busy lives.
www.nzherald.co.nz
The past decade has found the showtrying to backpedal from this busy intersection.
www.slate.com
She is busy reading books and raising her two daughters.
timesleader.com
The bridge carries the trams in a grade separated manner over a busy road intersection.
en.wikipedia.org
This can be a busy spell after a game because we'd have medicals and triage and whatnot.
www.the42.ie

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