🇬🇧 Busy meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Busy means you are doing a lot of things and don’t really have time to stop, like when you’re working, playing, or helping, and your hands and brain are full of tasks.

My brain is so busy at bedtime that it suddenly remembers every embarrassing thing I did in kindergarten.

Grandpa said he was busy exercising, but he was just lifting donuts to his mouth.

Mom said she was busy cleaning, but really she was hiding from the laundry mountain.

I was so busy talking that I forgot I was supposed to be breathing too.

Our teacher’s coffee cup is the busiest thing in the classroom every Monday morning.

At home the house is busy. Mom is busy on the phone. Dad is busy in the kitchen with soup. A child is busy with homework at the table. The cat is busy sleeping on a chair. The child draws a big hat and shows it. Mom and Dad laugh and stop being busy to hug.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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