В a busy place or time
^ see also crowd
busy bizi [ad;] use this about places and times when a lot of people are travelling, shopping, or doing things: By 10 o'clock the supermarket was really busy. I а busy main road I a doctor in a busy hospital I July and August are our busiest times.
busy - busier - busiest
hectic /'hektik/ [ас/;] a hectic time or situation is very busy, so you are always in a hurry and you often feel worried or excited: It was really hectic at work today. I The band had a hectic recording schedule. I When she lived in London she had a hectic social life.
the rush hour /вэ TaJ аоэг/ |n singular) the time in the morning and evening when a lot of people are travelling to or from work: In the rush hour the trains are always crowded.
rush hour traffic She got held up in rush hour traffic, and arrived 30 minutes
late
the rush 'йэ 'taJ/ [n singular] a time when
a lot of people are shopping or travelling: Sam got to the theatre early to avoid the rush.
the Christmas/summer/weekend rush
Shop by mail and beat the Christmas rush!
В a person who is not busy
not busy /not bizi I Let's find a time when you re not so busy, and talk about this calmly. I Hopefully by March we won't be so busy.
О not have much to do /nt)< han
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BUSY/NOT BUSY
mAtf ts 'du:/ especially spoken to not be busy - use this especially to say that you have enough time to do other things: / could help if you want - I don't have much to do this weekend.
BUSY/NOT BUSY
free /fh:j [adj] not busy, because you have not arranged to do anything, or you do not have to go to work or schooclass="underline" I'm busy all day today, but I'm free tomorrow morning. ! Which days is she free
next week?
free time (=time when you do not have to work and you can do what you want) What do you do in your free time7
a place or time that is not busy
quiet /'kwaiat/ [adj] a quiet place or time is one in which there is not much happening or not many people are travelling, shopping etc: a quiet suburb of Seattle I I spent a quiet weekend at home.
out of season brthsh in the off season american /aut av siiz^n*, m 6i df ,siiz^n|-'Dif-/ if you visit a tourist area out of season, you go there at a time of the year when there are not a lot of people: It's much cheaper if you go there out of season. I Rooms, in the off season, are
SPEND
as cheap as $52 a night.
BUY
EXPENSIVE
cheap ti^ money
see also
PAY
j. v ""
shop
to buy something
buy /bai/ |u T] to pay money so that you can have something: He's just gone to buy some cigarettes, i The painting was bought by a museum in New York. buy sb sth Let me buy you a drink, buy sth for sb/sth The money was used to buy new equipment for the hospital, buy sth from sb/sth Ella buys a lot of her clothes from second-hand stores. buy sth for $101 £50 etc They bought their house for $200,000.
buying - bought - have bought
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Qget /get/ [v T not in passive) especially spoken to buy something, especially ordinary things such as food, clothes, or things for your house: Did you remember to get some bread?
get sb sth I'm getting Dad a bottle of whiskey for his birthday, get sth for $10/Ј50 etc She got that skirt for £10 in the market.
getting - got - have got ьргьн have gotten лмь^ак
A
purchase /'p^tj^s/ \v T] formal to buy something, especially something large and expensive: The cost of purchasing new equipment for the science laboratories was over £100,000
Purchase is used especially in business
situations.
snap up /.snaep лр/ [phrasa/ verb T] infor mal to buy something as soon as you see it, because it is very cheap or because you want it very much
snap up sth I snapped up some real bargains in the sales. snap sth up It was only $10, so I snapped it up.
Stock up /.Stok 4p|sta:k-/ [phrasa/ verb I] to buy a lot of something in order to use it later: The supermarkets are full of people stocking up for Christmas. + on We always stock up on cheap wine when we go to France.
splash out on sth British splurge
ОП Sth american /,splaej 'aut on (sth), ,spl3!rd3 'aut on (sth)/ (phrasa/ verb T] informal to buy something expensive that you would not usually buy: Why don't you splash out on a new dress for the party? t We splurged on a brand new sofa for the living room.
to go to shops to buy things
go shopping /,gau 'Jopiql-'Ja:-/ to go to
shops in order to look at things and buy things: That afternoon, Jo and Emma went shopping in Oxford Street.
do the shopping IM Jopigll- Ja:-/to
go to shops in order to buy the things that you need regularly, especially food: / spent all day Saturday doing the shopping and cleaning the apartment, do your/my/his etc shopping We do all our shopping at the local supermarket.