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"Mike-schmike. " I muttered, preoccupied by the way he'd said "you and I. " I liked it more than I should.

His wife, preoccupied in the kitchen, totally forgot about the matter.

I can't speak for everyone, but it seems to me that guys are much more preoccupied with stamina than size.

More optimistic analysts think China will stay preoccupied with economic development at home for at least two or three decades.

"There's always a time lag, " he adds, noting that the company is now preoccupied with shipping retail clients' spring orders.

I tried to interest him in our venture, but he seemed preoccupied with something else. No doubt he has other fish to fry.

However, we believe that this intersubjective reduction and all the problems that arise from it have much preoccupied Husserl.

What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving.

She had seemed preoccupied during the meeting with Wolff, and absent even now when he asked her if everything was all right.

The age of the universe is one of the basic questions that have preoccupied astronomers for decades .

I feel like this worry is demonic and causes women to be preoccupied with things that will ultimately fade away.

Being too preoccupied with this makes it easy to lose sense of what's important.

"Huh? " Trying to avoid question. Very obvious. He looked preoccupied. Which he would. As he was avoiding the question.

Yes girls need to keep up their appearance, but I don't feel they need to be so preoccupied with it.

This may seem a paradoxical claim to make at a time when mankind is so much preoccupied with weapons of destruction.

The only really beautiful women I know are, like you, endlessly preoccupied by the desire to be valued for themselves.

He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good. That was all that could be said about him.

Mr Soufan's main aim is to help Americans understand the enemy that has preoccupied them for over a decade.

They settled back into their old routines, and Pug soon was too preoccupied to worry much about Rhoda's moods, which had always been jagged.

Second, if my eyes are preoccupied with looking at others, there won't be much opportunity to "look up" to Jesus.

A trader with a small account is so preoccupied with money that it impairs his ability to think, play, and win.

But for Europeans and Americans, currently preoccupied by deflation, its problems seem to come from a different world.

Likewise, most of the siblings aren't deeply selfish, just preoccupied and caught up in the lives they have made for themselves.

Andrew's mind was not really on Celia's endeavours; he was preoccupied with a problem of his own.

He had retreated to Bali for several weeks to work on the manuscript and was still preoccupied with it after his return.

This dog would make even a dog like that slink nonchalantly be? hind the sofa and pretend to be extremely preoccupied with its rubber bone.

Ordinary Chinese, however, have been more preoccupied with a hit-and-run accident that caused the death of a two-year-old girl.

If Umar was preoccupied with his own household, the Prophet would be in non imminent danger from that quarter.

He even showed surprise when he saw Mr. Lorry, and was altogether in an absent and preoccupied state.

MercatorNet: Do you think the Western press is too preoccupied with its own trivial issues?

Secure and preoccupied attachment orientation contributed to successfully predict the general self-efficacy of college students.

I believe, as John Gray has argued, that we humans, like most creatures, are preoccupied with the needs of the moment.

Now she looked like the boss who took the team out for drinks after a big project but was preoccupied with tomorrow's presentation.

I love to have a dinner with you, but I'm preoccupied tonight, how about tomorrow night?

With official inflation at 15 percent "every month my purchasing power drops and I am preoccupied with daily livelihood, " he said.

A trader who becomes preoccupied with indicators quickly reaches the point of diminishing returns.

as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class; lost in thought; a preoccupied frown.

adoring grandparents; deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain; hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother.

You're preoccupied with your bride all day long.

Irma: I'm sorry dear, I guess I was just a little preoccupied .

Manuel had not paid much attention to the fish as he was preoccupied.

When we become overly preoccupied with ourselves, our attention no longer flows freely, but becomes trapped by an unhealthy self-focus.

This will remain a distant prospect as long as Latin America is divided and Europe is preoccupied with its own woes.

Health worries preoccupied him for the whole holiday.

Pray that you and your spouse will never become so preoccupied with other things that you all begin to serve those things instead of God.

In her asleep state, Venus can be lazy, sluggish, vain and preoccupied with appearance.

Not knowing what to do after graduation, he was depressed and preoccupied by some puzzles all day long.

They may have been preoccupied, or if you moved, you may have had trouble making new friends.

So, I decided to try to keep myself preoccupied and calm by texting Fred and Eja, keeping my thoughts off a situation I couldn't control.

Consider counseling if you are feeling depressed, anxious, or so preoccupied with your infertility that you feel it is hard to enjoy life.

Tends to be preoccupied with food, diet, or eating. 062.

Corporate boards will be preoccupied with risk management or, as it will be fashionable to say, early warning.

Admittedly, the Obama administration is preoccupied with domestic issues and with other pressing matters abroad.

He reasons that because he is preoccupied with solving a problem that will in some way benefit her, she should know he cares for her.

Think of all the times you walk around in a day dream, or preoccupied with your problems.

The United States, still the only power that can really bang Israeli and Palestinian heads together, has been preoccupied elsewhere.

The front seats have been preoccupied.

Tends to be preoccupied with death and dying. 195.

The head floor nurse, Mrs. Ludlow, bustled in. Normally preoccupied and serious, she was beaming.

He was depressed and preoccupied by some troubles all day long.

Uncle Peter, preoccupied with the conversation behind him, had driven past the Merriwether carriage block and he backed up the horse.

The old man, preoccupied with the governing interest of his life, was only thinking of the much-meditated book.

The U. S. cables point to weak law enforcement, a country preoccupied with political problems and inconvenient geography.

The regulators are usually preoccupied with keeping banks sound and warning them not to lend too loosely. No more.

He saw that she was preoccupied, and forbore to question her.

significant respect to the guests, but make sure to not preoccupied at the British tea snack or drink milk Cup.

In his cave a man is preoccupied with solving his problem and is unaware of how his indifferent attitude might feel to others.

There are not a few who suspect that even Obama's America will be preoccupied with a checklist of more urgent concerns.

However, as other powers rise, and as America becomes increasingly preoccupied with its economic future, the margin for error is shrinking.

India's central bank is still preoccupied with the inflation that quickly ensued after the financial crisis abated.

It is funny. -I'm preoccupied because Biff and I are going into couples' therapy. . . -Yes. I saw that.

Preoccupied attachment orientation and general self-efficacy contributed to successfully predict depression tendency of college students.

People high on this trait tend to be preoccupied with the sexual aspects of relationships rather than emotional intimacy.

I have been "kind of" busy and extremely preoccupied for at least a good 11 of those years.

He was preoccupied by some troubles all day long.

Preoccupied attachment tendency contributed to successfully predict mental disorders and suicide tendency of college students.

The Victorian habit of mind was unduly preoccupied by what was socially and morally convenient.

After all, it wasn't as though this had preoccupied me much previously.

Overnight, we went from an organisation preoccupied with gathering news to a business unit preoccupied with ad revenue and ratings.

Although preoccupied with profits, he exudes pride when he speaks of the honour of running HSBC.

But thank God, Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, the One who split the ages into AD and BC was not too preoccupied to save this man.

Ever since, the two problems have preoccupied China's central government.

The US, preoccupied with Pyongyang's nuclear capability, has refused to restart six-country talks until Pyongyang dismantles that programme.

Essien watched Ghana's games on television but he was preoccupied by what he had to do.

Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didnt stop to think if they should.

I am so preoccupied with my obsessions that I am not capable of seeing one step back or one step ahead.

Asian policymakers are preoccupied by their countries' relative competitiveness against China, Davies said.

It was preoccupied with the Myanmar junta's farcical plans for an election this year.

They were preoccupied with the thought of the coming holiday .

You were too preoccupied to recognize me in the street yesterday.

You were too preoccupied to recognize me in the street yesterday.

You are constantly preoccupied with "me" and what you like and what others think of you and why things aren't going your way.

To a Western eye, [ they ] seem poorly dressed, ill - groomed, dour and preoccupied (Peter Lewis).

his successor as prime minister has rarely shown the same zeal, and is anyway preoccupied with fighting a recession.

"China will be preoccupied for a long time with its domestic agenda, " agrees Professor Zhu.

Idealist men are often preoccupied with ideal sex -- that perfect beauty and performance.

They are very preoccupied with relationships, and very sensitive to small cues of threat in a relationship.

Some European states are preoccupied by dependence on Russian gas and are loath to preclude Iran as a alternative.

Many youngsters today are so preoccupied with computer games as to forsake food and sleep, resulting in a host of adverse consequences.

Developing countries are preoccupied with economic issues and food security, he said, so they do not focus on data.

The mathematical theory of economics is thus preoccupied with statistical techniques.

immediately lifted the side of the homework will be preoccupied.

Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

A west preoccupied with crises at home has turned away from internationalist ambitions.

The Chinese government, preoccupied with stability, is doing everything in its power to ensure the Olympics go off without a hitch.

a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts.

They grew up talking politics, power and influence because those were the things that preoccupied the mind of Joseph Kennedy.

The state of being preoccupied or engrossed; preoccupation.

Sometimes you need a break simply because you get so preoccupied with growing, that it becomes unconscious.

Today, however, though they were civil enough, the field-mice and harvest-mice seemed preoccupied.

Officials are preoccupied with residents' immediate needs for shelter, jobs and basic infrastructure.

One would never understand the real meaning of life once he is held to be preoccupied with respectability and material values.

However, Quebec remained preoccupied with Canadian Constitution which made no allowance of Quebec's interest and feeling.

That question has preoccupied a growing number of scientists in recent years, as well as many of us who exercise.

But the American public is war weary and preoccupied by the domestic economic disaster.

Do not be preoccupied. It only leads to evil.

We should never walk close to its shopwindow, preoccupied with happiness.

FREUD was famously preoccupied with the influence of early childhood experiences on development.

She is always preoccupied with her own well-being.

It occured to me that most poetry, as re-present-ation, is essentially preoccupied with time and space, what happened where and when.

Governments are currently rightly preoccupied with crisis management.

Second, the regulatory reform discussion of the past year seems overly preoccupied with questions of institutional design.

These difficult questions are keeping the major search companies extremely preoccupied.

Gates soon seemed like someone a friend of mine, rather than I myself, had once been preoccupied by.

The most likely contender is Murdoch, but he is preoccupied with his own troubles.

I spent my first two years at university preoccupied by these thoughts.

Don't be preoccupied with the favor you have done for others for no one except you really cares and remembers it.

"WE'VE become so preoccupied by Egypt's revolution that we're neglecting our own, " runs the joke in Tunis these days.

We get preoccupied and sulky with God, while all the time He is saying - "Look up and be saved. "

We must not let ourselves become so preoccupied with our occupations that we forget our greater vocation from God.

Psychopathic preoccupied with torture in the extreme, but not known to have committed murder.

Too often, internal auditors become preoccupied with petty details and neglect the big issues.

Many investors remain preoccupied over whether this growth will become self-sustaining and driven by consumer demand, instead of exports.

Politicians were preoccupied by the distribution of wealth, not its creation.

In recent years an interesting development has been the engagement in street arts of artists more usually preoccupied with other genres.

The Italian, so affable as a rule, was rather preoccupied and disinclined for talk.

You may also have been overwhelmed or preoccupied by things that happen at home or outside of work.

The person was really too preoccupied to this flavor, just smelt morale a hundredfold.

Deep in thought and heedless of present circumstances or activities; preoccupied.

Do the authorities take the lives of common people seriously enough, except that they have been preoccupied with making dirty money?

What may count for more is that Mr Castro is increasingly preoccupied by his legacy.

The country has allowed itself to become more preoccupied with hosting major sporting events than with winning them.

Perhaps it is too preoccupied with Iraq, and certainly the downfall of Mr Rumsfeld removed a powerful champion of space weapons.

Not surprisingly, the strikers were preoccupied with regaining their jobs and keeping their system of seniority.

He answered me in a rather preoccupied manner.

I doubt that a country that will be so preoccupied with this fundamental change will also have time to concentrate on dominating the world.

For most of us living in the physical world and preoccupied by its material comforts , those are heady concepts.

That morning when he left the house to go to work, Alex had noticed that Cora seemed preoccupied.

All of them are too busy and far too preoccupied with things that they deem more important than software development.

First, we have been preoccupied by the real and serious nonstate security challenges of the post-Cold War era, especially since Sept.

So, instead of being frozen by your self-preoccupation, begin with what you are preoccupied about.

the fund is buttoned - up , hierarchical and preoccupied with hard money and sound budgets.

M was convinced it was not simply a distraction caused by being too busy or preoccupied with other things.

The conservatives were not preoccupied uniquely with economic affairs or growth.

His time and thoughts were thoroughly preoccupied, for he was looking forward to a unique occasion in his life.

It's understandable that so many high schoolers and their nervous parents are preoccupied with the idea of getting into an elite college.

Many are now more preoccupied with ensuring uninterrupted access to funds.

Never before has the computer industry seemed so preoccupied by such historical milestones.

I enjoyed the feeling of hunger and was so preoccupied that I ceased to care about the girl.

he was preoccupied with the thoughts of the coming holiday.

Behavioural Psychologist Jo Hemmings, author of How To Have Great Sex, explains why men are so preoccupied with their stomachs.

Persian Gulf governments, meanwhile, have recently appeared preoccupied with their own economic head winds.

Americans have been preoccupied with their weight rather than health.

Don't get too preoccupied with particular technical approaches.

He always seemed preoccupied with things he didn't see fit to share with the rest of us.

The Chinese leadership is understandably preoccupied with internal development.

County attorney : ( Preoccupied . ) Is there a cat ?

Most Olympic sponsors are still far more preoccupied with their domestic market than with overseas ambitions.

WallStreet is preoccupied with chasing new profits again.

A few students told her of dropping or flunking courses partly because they were so preoccupied with the Internet.

Many professional people are preoccupied with being right.

In this print two women are depicted totally preoccupied in dressing their hair.

My new colleagues seem preoccupied with television programmes I know nothing about.

Satan can't get your attention when your mind is preoccupied with something else.

During the 1980s and 1990s, governments became preoccupied with runaway inflation and national debt.

People who are preoccupied with past achievements cannot humble themselves.

Very preoccupied, he got into his train, mislaid his ticket.

That is the same thing with which the author is once preoccupied.

While the others were preoccupied with fighting, America strengthened its export markets at their expense.

I was too preoccupied to hear the bell.

When people are preoccupied , they almost never keep eye contact.

It's a mistake to discuss important issues on the fly, when you're rushed and preoccupied.

The more people are preoccupied by unmet needs, the less energy and engagement they bring to their work.

I'm not being mean. I'm preoccupied. - What means "preoccupied" ?

The seats have been preoccupied.

It is also vital to have some sense of direction, which means making plans for the future but not becoming preoccupied with them.

He was preoccupied with chagrin and etiquette.

Stress equals preoccupied mind plus tense body.

But Sun's mind was soon preoccupied with the problem of curing the ills of feudal China.

Terms for the stickiness of high unemployment such as hysteresis and sclerosis have preoccupied students of Europe's economies.

She has been preoccupied to seek a wealthy kin for me, or commander the Huan someone else's sons does boyfriend.

The fund is buttoned-up[2], hierarchical and preoccupied with hard money and sound budgets.

We are still preoccupied with the upcoming event, but do intend to offer additional contests and community events in the future.

Much media coverage of rural China remains preoccupied with rustic icons from the past.

Thoughts of failure preoccupied him.

Being preoccupied with time, and allowing clocks to run your life.

We are fed up with the people around trivial, preoccupied, yet often for some petty profits infighting and intrigues.

He is too preoccupied with personal affairs to live happily.

While many are becoming preoccupied with "I" , "me" , and "mine" , words for our fellow humans are disappearing from their vocabulary.

If you allow yourself to become preoccupied with the temporal, you are living in time.

Since we communicate so well, we get preoccupied talking with each other on the set.

When we can't afford love, never walk close to it's shopwindow , preoccupied with happiness.

You are preoccupied with issues of mental health or mental acuity.

At the very same time, you may be preoccupied with home-related changes and improvements.

At times in life our focus slips from our Lord and we become preoccupied with our own activities.

If we're preoccupied, as we so often are throughout the day, we don't really fully notice the other.

Even in the world preoccupied by Europe, this should raise concern.

We're so preoccupied with the pursuit of happiness that we are in danger of forgetting how to enjoy our lives.

There is a feeling that it is difficult to keep the story alive as memories fade and the young become preoccupied by other matters.

m worried about you, Jim. You look preoccupied.

I'm preoccupied with this problem right now.

Preoccupied with everything, hesitate, to live is also tired, dead born, rare, chic most important.

Other people my age were preoccupied with more pragmatic things, such as school, job hunting and romantic relationships.

Most of us, from birth, or early adolescence anyway, are preoccupied with finding a mate, keeping a mate, and so on.

In any event, everyone is too preoccupied with their own losses to comment on Chinese policies.

you should be preoccupied with my class.

We mustn't get preoccupied with reveling ourselves.

The Navy was preoccupied as ever by Japan.

No, l haven't yet, Son. l've been preoccupied.

Deeply preoccupied an 1 inhalation. If-kneel down the life namely can retention a younger brother; If.

You are not preoccupied with the past or the future; you are there for your beloved.

How often do you feel preoccupied with the Internet when off-line, or fantasize about being on-line?

When we are preoccupied, we don't experience the present moment because our mind is somewhere else.

I am preoccupied with pressing challenges.

But the DPP is also preoccupied with internal problems, such as division over their former leader Chen Shui-bian.

I do find that some activities that are usually happiness-inducing don't work very well when I'm preoccupied with bad thoughts.

How do you pitch a program like yours when mayors are preoccupied with cutting budgets?

She is affable enough when she is not preoccupied with business problems.

you are very much preoccupied , you are thinking of something.

the students are preoccupied, committed to listen to the teacher.

I was so preoccupied with talking to you.

When we are preoccupied, we miss what this moment right now has to offer. We miss your life itself.

Preoccupied with TV screen, and to learn down, power will gradually decrease.

Fine. But now, in order to feed the baby you become preoccupied.

I'm preoccupied tonight, can we go to the movie tomorrow night.

We know that science preoccupied her.

And over time she found her mind more and more preoccupied with thoughts of the Third Children.

In life, some losses are inevitable, we should be treated with optimism, can not be preoccupied with.

For example, sometimes we drive the car on autopilot while being preoccupied with thoughts.

We hate the young because they are so preoccupied with trivial pursuits such as games, virtual friends and movie stars.

A man who is preoccupied with and often vain about his clothes and manners; a dandy.

What are you so preoccupied with?

Are you preoccupied with the sleep, or do you sleep late on weekends?

First, this is a person who is preoccupied with preserving his status and saving face.

Are you preoccupied with sleep or do you sleep late on the weekends?

Nuts? ! Maybe she was a little bit preoccupied,

Attachment is immersed is to focus, is preoccupied with single-minded pursuit, exploration is a tireless quest perseverance;

To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic

Some students might not really want to study because they are tired or they are preoccupied.

Second, preoccupied registered trade name with delayed registered trademark;