busy street
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbusyandstreet
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busy
adjective
uk/ˈbɪz.i/us/ˈbɪz.i/
If you are busy, you are working hard, or giving your attention to a ...
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street
noun[C]
uk/striːt/us/striːt/
a road in a city or town that has buildings that are usually close together along one or ...
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(Definition ofbusyandstreetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The recent discoveries of medical science show that a thousand perils, unsuspected a generation ago, swarm in the atmosphere of abusystreet.
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It is true that we are capable of performing some fairly demanding tasks nonconsciously - driving, for example, or walking down abusystreet.
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I recall standing with a handsome male colleague on abusystreetcorner.
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None of us would allow a three or four year-old to run in abusystreetwithout constant supervision.
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Presumably wardens will operate atbusystreetjunctions where traffic needs regulating.
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What is the correct reaction when a dog runs across your front in abusystreet?
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A hoarding is put up facing abusystreet.
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To cross abusystreetwas a major operation in itself.
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We all know that the property concerned is an almost square block, and there are lights to prevent traffic coming out at the wrong time into an exceedinglybusystreet.
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For example, abusystreetin my constituency, which is used morning and night as a commuter run, was dug up by one of the utilities.
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It is an extremelybusystreet.
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The majority of these charges stem from his loud campaigns at large public events andbusystreetcorners.
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It serves as the market center and is a ratherbusystreet.
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Midtbyen is characterized by narrow, winding, cobbled streets and abusystreetlife with many small squares, cafs and shops.
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A valid analogy is to imagine abusystreetwith people walking in the same direction past great places to eat.
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