moment. Can he call you back? ikflfe

tr ffc 0 %      ff ®!r ? 0 I’ll be too busy to come to the

meeting.     t, TfhXJ Xo 0 The principal is a very

busy woman.       A: Jik X A ft A 0 o She was always too

busy to listen, ftfe&iflft,     „ o a very busy

life UhltfftXfiS 2 ~ (doing sth) spending a lot of time on sth ft X ( lift ® ^ ) : James is busy practising for the school concert. ® lESKrlEft^i^J^BeWo Let’s get busy with the clearing up.

►                PLACE A 3 full of people, activity, vehicles, etc. A A

GeiMUPT a busy main road ®j®8I]iWAfii

0                  Victoria is one of London’s busiest stations.

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►                PERIOD OF TIME — g frf |ia] 4 full of work and activity

Xf^ftPT ftW&rfo Pfj; Have you had a busy day? #X Alt T — A®t? o This is one of the busiest times of the year for the department.       X45Stt^lN‘|Hlo

►                TELEPHONE tfe5 (especially NAmE) being used XMA

H771 engaged: The line is busy—I’ll try again later.    L#fTo o the busy signal

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►                PATTERN/DESIGN @ X : M* 6 too full of small details

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► busily adv.: He was busily engaged repairing his bike. fife IE It If# fife I# ifrX-o IT7m as busy as a 'bee very busy '|tf#XWX^C keep yourself 'busy to find enough things to do Xih S B pfl W: Since she retired she’s kept herself very busy. gAUIffc/s, $tfe—It&WiFb ■ verb (busies, busy ing, busied, busied) ~ yourself (with sth) | ~ yourself (in/with) doing sth to fill your time doing an activity or a task    [VN -ing] While

we talked, Bill busied himself fixing lunch. HfTJ'&'iSBt, fct ^ ft If f$ X o 0 [VN] She busied herself with the preparations for the party. $tfef£T11iiir$h£-o busy-body /'bizibDdi; NAmE -ba:di/ noun {pi. -ies) (disap­proving) a person who is too interested in what other people are doing if ^ (ft A :       He’s an interfering old

busybody!

busy Lizzie /.bizi 'lizi/ noun a small plant with a lot of red, pink or white flowers, often grown indoors or in gardens ##HMfllJ?£

busy-work /'biziw3:k; NAmE -W3:rk/ noun [U] (NAmE) work that is given to sb to keep them busy, without really being useful MIIN‘|HjPfjXf£ but 0-w /bat; strong form bAt/ conj., prep., adv., noun mconj. 1 used to introduce a word or phrase that contrasts with what was said before jfn;   : I got it

wrong. It wasn’t the red one but the blue one. ^ To      JilSiPiJUPXo 0 His mother won’t be

there, but his father might. ftfefif^T^&iPJI, fgffe£H 0 It isn’t that he lied exactly, but he did tend to exaggerate, fife X E f# Ji % (ft ift il, ffifife <Kjfl! IkMW Ao 2 however; despite this Mffij; XKAtHtfe: I’d asked everybody but only two people came. I|X A fief IRf T, £P R A T W X A 0 o By the end of the day we were tired but happy.-A*f3*m, HcflHIfl, f0«Ao^ 3 used when you are saying sorry about sth ( ^ tjn ifc M N" ift ) : I’m sorry but I can’t stay any longer, fit tfiiX f£ ATo 4 used to introduce a statement that shows that you are surprised or annoyed, or that you disagree ( ^(XXJt,       &7\3fcX|5l£c ) : But

that’s not possible! ffiJPHTX ItX)! 0 ‘Here’s the money

1                  owe you.’ ‘But that’s not right—it was only £10.’ “j&lk

” “ffi&TW      ^RffTlO^S

ifc 0 ” 5 except It • • Ah; K W: I had no choice but to sign the contract, h £'] A $5 W, R # T X 0 0 6 used before repeating a word in order to emphasize it ( Jr fJP'jSin H ) : Nothing, but nothing would make him change his mind. ft A,

®flfe£fc$±iL 7 (literary) used to emphasize that sth is always true ( f® U! - ) :    She never passed her

old home but she thought of the happy years she had spent there (= she always thought of them), itfeff AMil SBWIBig,       IBEIbut

for 1 if it were not for f$^'&W; Wit; ITT Ik: He would have played but for a knee injury. ftfeilTIkSnPW imiZ, U±%jTo 2 except for (  ) It

T • ■ Ah: The square was empty but for a couple of cabs. ItTilffidiffifi^h, r^±$$$ntilo but then