"busy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

busy adjetivo

busy + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 142
busy day • busy street • busy schedule • busy airport • busy intersection • busy port • busy road • busy season • busy life • busy man • ...
verbo + busy
Kolokacji: 6
keep busy • look busy • get busy • stay busy • become busy • ...
(1) keep, look, stay
Kolokacji: 3
(2) get, become, grow
Kolokacji: 3
1. get busy = zabierać się do roboty get busy
2. become busy = stój się zajęty become busy
  • Things are obviously becoming very busy and I went in over the weekend to do a bit of work.
  • In 1961, the A329 road, which the girls had to cross to attend school, had become too busy.
  • The square has become quite busy again, with few empty buildings.
  • The airport has become less busy, however, than when he was piloting planes.
  • Though suspicious I decided not to pursue the matter since the shop had become quite busy.
  • Ed sat down at the adjoining console and became busy.
  • "I think a lot of people could relate to what we were talking about, because their lives have become so busy."
  • The road became busy, and eventually expanded into a thoroughfare.
  • However, by 1832, the ferry crossing was becoming dangerously busy, and required a bridge be constructed in its place.
  • Today, our lifestyles have become more busy, and only 10 per cent of us eat a full cooked breakfast.
3. grow busier = stój się bardziej zajęty grow busier
adverbio + busy
Kolokacji: 23
extremely busy • pretty busy • particularly busy • far too busy • constantly busy • ...
busy + preposición
Kolokacji: 18
busy with • busy at • busy for • busy on • busy in • ...

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