adj.
VERBS
▪ be , look , seem
▪ become , get
▪ keep , remain , stay ( esp. AmE )
▪
She needed to keep ~.
▪ keep sb
▪
I have enough work to keep me ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ awfully , incredibly , terribly
▪ especially , exceptionally , particularly , unusually
▪ frantically , insanely
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
She was ~ with her make-up.
Busy is used with these nouns: ↑ airport , ↑ calendar , ↑ city , ↑ day , ↑ executive , ↑ freeway , ↑ hand , ↑ harbour , ↑ highway , ↑ interstate , ↑ junction , ↑ life , ↑ lifestyle , ↑ month , ↑ morning , ↑ motorway , ↑ mum , ↑ night , ↑ office , ↑ period , ↑ place , ↑ port , ↑ professional , ↑ restaurant , ↑ road , ↑ schedule , ↑ shop , ↑ shopping centre , ↑ sidewalk , ↑ signal , ↑ street , ↑ timetable , ↑ town , ↑ trading , ↑ traffic , ↑ week