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Busy Adjective Meşgul  /ˈbɪzi   Busier Busiest Kalabalık Working

Level A1 
Kind adjective
Front busy 
IPA  /ˈbɪzi   / adjective (busier; busiest)
Back meşgul
işlek, kalabalık
Back 2

busy (adjective)

 /ˈbɪzi   / adjective (busier; busiest)
 
 1 busy (at/with sth); busy (doing sth)
having a lot of work or tasks to do; not free; working on sth
meşgul
 Mr Khan is busy until 4 o'clock but he could see you after that.
 Don't disturb him. He's busy.
 She's busy with her preparations for the party.
 We're busy decorating the spare room before our visitors arrive.
 2 (used about a period of time) full of activity and things to do
yoğun
 I've had rather a busy week.
 3 (used about a place) full of people, movement and activity
işlek;
kalabalık
 The town centre was so busy that you could hardly move.
 4 (especially US)
(used about a telephone) being used
 (telefon) meşgul
 The line's busy at the moment. I'll try again later.
IDIOM
get busy
to start working
işe koyulmak
 We'll have to get busy if we're going to be ready in time.
 

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