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"word": "busily"
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"word": "busy as a beaver"
},
{
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"word": "busy as a bee"
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{
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"word": "busy as a dyke in a hardware store"
},
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"word": "busy as a nailer"
},
{
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"word": "busy as a one-armed paper hanger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "busy beaver"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "busy beaver function"
},
{
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"word": "busy bee"
},
{
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"word": "busy board"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "busybody"
},
{
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"word": "busy body"
},
{
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"word": "busy box"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "busy little beaver"
},
{
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"word": "busy loop"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "busyness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "busy-ness"
},
{
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"word": "busy signal"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "busy-work"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "busy work"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ever-busy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "fast busy signal"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "get busy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "I'm busy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "the line is busy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Wheal Busy"
}
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "bisy"
},
"expansion": "Middle English bisy",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "busie"
},
"expansion": "busie",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "bisiġ",
"t": "busy, occupied, diligent"
},
"expansion": "Old English bisiġ (“busy, occupied, diligent”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*bisīg",
"t": "diligent; zealous; busy"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bisīg (“diligent; zealous; busy”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "biesich",
"t": "active, diligent, hard-working, industrious"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian biesich (“active, diligent, hard-working, industrious”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "bezig",
"t": "busy"
},
"expansion": "Dutch bezig (“busy”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "besig",
"t": "busy"
},
"expansion": "Low German besig (“busy”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "bisgia",
"t": "to use"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian bisgia (“to use”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "bisgian",
"t": "to occupy, employ, trouble, afflict"
},
"expansion": "Old English bisgian (“to occupy, employ, trouble, afflict”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English bisy, busie, from Old English bisiġ (“busy, occupied, diligent”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisīg (“diligent; zealous; busy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian biesich (“active, diligent, hard-working, industrious”), Dutch bezig (“busy”), Low German besig (“busy”), Old Frisian bisgia (“to use”), Old English bisgian (“to occupy, employ, trouble, afflict”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɪ/ is from the dialects of the East Midlands.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "busier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "busiest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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},
"expansion": "busy (comparative busier, superlative busiest)",
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}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bus‧y"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Be careful crossing that busy street.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on."
],
"id": "en-busy-en-adj-ut2YDvF2",
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mašḡūl",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "مَشْغُول"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mong⁴",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "忙"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "唔得閒"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "m⁴ dak¹ haan⁴",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "唔得闲"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "mòng",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "忙"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "máng",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "忙"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fánmáng",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "繁忙"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "befærdet"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "druk"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "homplena"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of traffic",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "vilkas"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "occupé"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ocupado"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "beschäftigt"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "polysýchnastos",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "πολυσύχναστος"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "áskholos",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "ἄσχολος"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'amús",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עָמוּס"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "so'én",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"tags": [
"literally",
"masculine"
],
"word": "סוֹאֵן"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "homé",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"tags": [
"literally",
"masculine"
],
"word": "הוֹמֶה"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "forgalmas"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"english": "(of traffic",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "“peak”) csúcs-"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "sibuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "ramai"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "broidiúil"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "indaffarato"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"alt": "はんか、hanka",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "繁華"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "aizņemts"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "ramai"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "toritori"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "drock"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "beschafticht"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "thrang"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "trang"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "rušný"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "ocupado"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "livlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"topics": [
"traffic",
"transport"
],
"word": "livligt trafikerad"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 3 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "prysur"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "besig"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "zënë"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "B@RadialWrist-PalmForward-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown Sidetoside",
"sense": "doing a great deal"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mašḡūl",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "مَشْغُول"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mašḡūl",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "مشغول"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zbaġvac",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "զբաղված"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "məşğul"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "əlində iş olan"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "başıqarışıq"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "məşğül",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "мәшғүл"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zánjaty",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "за́няты"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "mośgul",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "মশগুল"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "deen",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "деен"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "záet",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "за́ет"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ocupat"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mong⁴",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "忙"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "唔得閒"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "m⁴ dak¹ haan⁴",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "唔得闲"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "mòng",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "忙"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "máng",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "忙"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fánmáng",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "繁忙"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zaměstnaný"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"note": "of person",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zaneprázděný"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "travl"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "bezig"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "okupata"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "toimekas"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "kiireinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "työntäyteinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "occupé"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "trang"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daḳavebuli",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "დაკავებული"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "beschäftigt"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "polyáscholos",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "πολυάσχολος"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "áskholos",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ἄσχολος"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "paʻahana"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'asúq",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עָסוּק"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'asuqa",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "עסוקה"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vyast",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "व्यस्त"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "masrūf",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "मसरूफ़"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "maśġūl",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "मशग़ूल"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "dolgos"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "tevékeny"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "szorgalmas"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "serény"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "upptekinn"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "okupata"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "sibuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "gnóthach"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "occupato"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"alt": "いそがしい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "isogashii",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "忙しい"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"alt": "しようちゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"roman": "shiyō-chū",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "使用中"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rɔvʊəl",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "រវីរវល់"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bappeun",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "바쁜"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bappeuda",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
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},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "maşğul",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "машгъул"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ຄາວຽກ"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "nyung",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ຫຍຸ້ງ"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "occupātus"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "operosus"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "nodarbināts"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "užsiėmusiam"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zafaten",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "зафатен"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "sibuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "toritori"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "zavgüj",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "завгүй"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"Guernsey"
],
"word": "embarrassaï"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "travel"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "opptatt"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ocupat"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "bisiġ"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
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"word": "okupá"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "ps",
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"roman": "buxt",
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"word": "بوخت"
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{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "axta",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "اخته"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "مشغول"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "pdt",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "drock"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "beschafticht"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "zajęty"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ocupado"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "harnic"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "занято́й"
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{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
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},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "trang"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
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"Cyrillic"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
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"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "наметљив"
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{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
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"Roman"
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{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "nametljiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
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},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "zaposlen"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ocupado"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "bizi"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "upptagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "jäktig"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "flitig"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "okupado"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "мәшгуль"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yûng",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ยุ่ง"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
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},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "tk",
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"word": "meşgul"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "за́йнятий"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
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{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"word": "مشغول"
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{
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
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{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"word": "mashgʻul"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "uz",
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{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "bận"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "bận rộn"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "prysur"
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{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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"word": "beset"
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{
"_dis1": "73 0 26 2",
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{
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{
"text": "He is busy with piano practice.",
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{
"text": "Ramzi is busy getting ready for meetings.",
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"ref": "1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, page 18",
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"word": "зает"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 74 11 7",
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"lang": "Dutch",
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"word": "bezig"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 74 11 7",
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"sense": "engaged",
"word": "varattu"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 74 11 7",
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{
"_dis1": "8 74 11 7",
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],
"word": "ocupado"
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{
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},
{
"_dis1": "8 74 11 7",
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{
"_dis1": "8 74 11 7",
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "8 74 11 7",
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{
"_dis1": "8 74 11 7",
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "8 74 11 7",
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{
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"masculine"
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{
"_dis1": "8 74 11 7",
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{
"_dis1": "8 74 11 7",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "11 6 73 10",
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{
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{
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"masculine"
],
"word": "עָמוּס"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "so'én",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"tags": [
"literally",
"masculine"
],
"word": "סוֹאֵן"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "homé",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"tags": [
"literally",
"masculine"
],
"word": "הוֹמֶה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "forgalmas"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "(of traffic",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "“peak”) csúcs-"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "sibuk"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "ramai"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "broidiúil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "indaffarato"
},
{
"alt": "はんか、hanka",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "繁華"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "aizņemts"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "ramai"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "toritori"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "drock"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "beschafticht"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "thrang"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "trang"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "rušný"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "ocupado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "livlig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"topics": [
"traffic",
"transport"
],
"word": "livligt trafikerad"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "crowded with business or activities",
"word": "prysur"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "besig"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "zënë"
},
{
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "B@RadialWrist-PalmForward-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown Sidetoside",
"sense": "doing a great deal"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mašḡūl",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "مَشْغُول"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mašḡūl",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "مشغول"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zbaġvac",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "զբաղված"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "məşğul"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "əlində iş olan"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "başıqarışıq"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "məşğül",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "мәшғүл"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zánjaty",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "за́няты"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "mośgul",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "মশগুল"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "deen",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "деен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "záet",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "за́ет"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ocupat"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mong⁴",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "忙"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "唔得閒"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "m⁴ dak¹ haan⁴",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "唔得闲"
},
{
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "mòng",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "忙"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "máng",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "忙"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fánmáng",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "繁忙"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zaměstnaný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"note": "of person",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zaneprázděný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "travl"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "bezig"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "okupata"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "toimekas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "kiireinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "työntäyteinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "occupé"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "trang"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daḳavebuli",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "დაკავებული"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "beschäftigt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "polyáscholos",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "πολυάσχολος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "áskholos",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ἄσχολος"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "paʻahana"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'asúq",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עָסוּק"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'asuqa",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "עסוקה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vyast",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "व्यस्त"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "masrūf",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "मसरूफ़"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "maśġūl",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "मशग़ूल"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "dolgos"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "tevékeny"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "szorgalmas"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "serény"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "upptekinn"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "okupata"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "sibuk"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "gnóthach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "occupato"
},
{
"alt": "いそがしい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "isogashii",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "忙しい"
},
{
"alt": "しようちゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "in the middle of something",
"roman": "shiyō-chū",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "使用中"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rɔvʊəl",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "រវីរវល់"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bappeun",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "바쁜"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bappeuda",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"predicative"
],
"word": "바쁘다"
},
{
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "maşğul",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "машгъул"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ຄາວຽກ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "nyung",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ຫຍຸ້ງ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "occupātus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "operosus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "nodarbināts"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "užsiėmusiam"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zafaten",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "зафатен"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "sibuk"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "toritori"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "zavgüj",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "завгүй"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"Guernsey"
],
"word": "embarrassaï"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "travel"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "opptatt"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ocupat"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "bisiġ"
},
{
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "okupá"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "buxt",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "بوخت"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "axta",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "اخته"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mašğul",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "مشغول"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "drock"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "beschafticht"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "zajęty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ocupado"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "harnic"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zanjatój",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "занято́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zánjatyj",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "за́нятый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "déjatelʹnyj",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"active"
],
"word": "де́ятельный"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "thrang"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "trang"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "прометан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "наметљив"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "prometan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "nametljiv"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "činný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "zaposlen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ocupado"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "bizi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "upptagen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "jäktig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "flitig"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "okupado"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "mäşgul’",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "мәшгуль"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yûng",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ยุ่ง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "meşgul"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "meşgul"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zájnjatyj",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "за́йнятий"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "masrūf",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "مصروف"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "maśġūl",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "مشغول"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "meshghul",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "مەشغۇل"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "aldirash",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "ئالدىراش"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "mashgʻul"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "band"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "bận"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "bận rộn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "prysur"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "beset"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "farnumen",
"sense": "doing a great deal",
"word": "פֿאַרנומען"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaet",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "зает"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "bezig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "varattu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "occupé"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "engaged",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ocupado"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daḳavebuli",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "დაკავებული"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "besetzt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "beschäftigt"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "energós",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "ἐνεργός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "עסוק"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "elfoglalt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "e.g. line",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "foglalt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "engaged",
"tags": [
"person"
],
"word": "dolga van"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "engaged",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "occupato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "impegnato"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "engaged",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "occupatus"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "tāuteute"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "korewātea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "arokē"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "engaged",
"word": "embarrassaï"
},
{
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"word": "druk"
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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