tied up

Fig. busy. How long will you be tied up? I will be tied up in a meeting for an hour.

mod. busy. I was tied up and couldn’t get to the phone.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mars	MAHRZ (English)	Roman Mythology
Carolus	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Yildiz	-	Turkish
Fevzİ	-	Turkish
Mauro	MOW-ro (Italian)	Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Cary	['kɛəri]