The women talked in the living room while the men were otherwise occupied.
Could you tell me what "the men were otherwise occupied" means?
The men were busy doing something else somewhere else. The implication is that the women were aware that the men couldn't hear them.
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The men were busy doing something else somewhere else. The implication is that the women were aware that the men couldn't hear them.
The men were doing something else.
The men were busy in a different way.