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Natalia09 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Meaning of reserved
Hi,
If I say: Until Friday I am reserved.
What do you normally think about?
Thanks
If I say: Until Friday I am reserved.
What do you normally think about?
Thanks
Top answer
S. " Another idiom for this is "booked up," but that is usually used in connection with someone who provides professional services. " To say one is reserved means one is shy, not tending to put oneself forward, etc.
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- " Another idiom for this is "booked up," but that is usually used in connection with someone who provides professional services.
- " To say one is reserved means one is shy, not tending to put oneself forward, etc.
- It has nothing to do with one's social (or professional) diary being filled.
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I'm guessing that you mean that you are busy, or otherwise occupied, but your sentence is not language we would use in the U.S.
A more natural way to put that would be to use the idiom "tied up" or, just "busy."
e.g., "I'm tied up until Friday." or, "I'm busy until Friday." Another idiom for this is "booked up," but that is usually used in connection with someone who provides
A more natural way to put that would be to use the idiom "tied up" or, just "busy."
e.g., "I'm tied up until Friday." or, "I'm busy until Friday." Another idiom for this is "booked up," but that is usually used in connection with someone who provides
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