(I'VE BEEN) KEEPING MYSELF BUSY.

(I've been) keeping myself busy.: translation

(I've) been keeping myself busy. & (I've been) keeping myself busy.

a standard response to a greeting inquiry asking what one has been doing. •

Bill: What have you been doing? Bob: I've been keeping myself busy. What about you? Bill: About the same.

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John: Yo! What have you been up to? Bill: Been keeping myself busy.