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    Hi, can anyone help me with this sentence "It has been a very full few months"

    I´m not sure if full refers to a busy times or to a complete period of time. The speaker continues talking about what she has been doing, but I still do not understand exactly what the expression means.

    Thanks in advance

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    It really depends on the context. If you work in a restaurant or hotel, 'full' might mean that you're fully booked. Otherwise, you can paraphrase it and interepret it as 'I have my hands full', that is, 'I've been very busy'.

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    Default Re: full month

    Hi, can anyone help me with this sentence "It has been a very full few months"

    I´m not sure if full refers to a busy times or to a complete period of time. The speaker continues talking about what she has been doing, but I still do not understand exactly what the expression means.

    Thanks in advance


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    Quote Originally Posted by Joulin
    Hi, can anyone help me with this sentence "It has been a very full few months"

    I´m not sure if full refers to a busy times or to a complete period of time. The speaker continues talking about what she has been doing, but I still do not understand exactly what the expression means.

    Thanks in advance
    I believe the speaker means to say "I've been very busy these last few months"
    Yo diria "Los ultimos meses han sido muy ocupados."

    I don't believe, as a PP suggested, that the speaker is refering to "around the clock" or the full month including weekends.

    Unless this is a non-native speaker of English. Its anybody's guess, in that case.

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    If it meant a complete month (a full 30 or 31 days) it would not have the word very in front of it because that wouldn´t make sense in English.

    It has a very full month means so much going on or I´ve had so much to do that I´ve been very busy.

    "Los ultimos meses han sido muy ocupados. " is correct.

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