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Old May 31, 2010, 10:15 AM
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tied up = pretty busy?
Tied up is the same than pretty busy?
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Right, "Tied up" = "pretty busy", or just "busy", "otherwise occupied"...
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Yeah.

They are plenty the same, otherwise of say busy in different ways.

I'm tie up with my new project.
I'm just buy with my new project.
I'm pretty bury with new project.
In the personal, I like more the first and third choice.

I don't know. What do you think about it?
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Yeah.

They are pretty much the same.They are just other ways of saying that you are busy .

I'm tie up with my new project.I'm tied up with my new project
I'm just buy with my new project.I'm just buried alive in my new project
I'm pretty bury with new project.I'm pretty buried in my new project
In the personal, I like more the first and third choice.Personally I like the first and third choice.

I don't know. What do you think about it? I don't know. What do you think?
They are all OK.
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Poli.

Thank you for your suggestions.
I will try again with the examples.

I'll be tied up since Monday until Friday for work issues.
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Tied up is the same than pretty busy?
Yes, it's the same as pretty busy.
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tie up (keep busy) to be tied up: she’s tied up with a customer just now = en este momento está ocupada atendiendo a un cliente;
I’ll be even more tied up tomorrow = mañana voy a estar aún más ocupado or atareado
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