1. eager
When we are told not to come, we become all the more eager to go.
When I go on holiday, I am eager to soak up the history and culture of the place I visit.
she's eager to learn
The illiterate man was eager to increase his vocabulary.
In order to elude her eager public, the movie star checked into the hotel under a false name.
He told me that when he was young, he was very eager to be popular, and wanted to make a good impression on everyone.
An ardent affection for the human race makes enthusiastic characters eager to produce alteration in laws and governments prematurely.
I leaned forward, eager to catch every word he spoke.
I hope he's as eager to learn as the others. They crowded round the spokesperson, eager for any news.
Dogs are always eager to fight with cats whenever they see them.
Your eager is a first step to be promoted.
I am very eager to learn and expand my skills and horizons.
Rosie was eager to leave work as early as possible last Friday.
Teachers like students who are eager to learn.
I'm eager to be allowed to do more private-sector investment.
2. keen
David has a keen interest in aesthetics — the qualities that make a painting, sculpture, musical composition, or poem pleasing to the eye, ear, or mind.
keen on something
A fence between makes love more keen.
Competition is very keen in the car industry.
Boeing, which builds more than half the world's commercial airliners, is understandably keen to draw attention to what can go wrong besides planes.
Japanese parents are not keen to talk about their own children.
bank was keen to build long term customer thrust.
They were very keen to start work as soon as possible.
She always look for extra work to do- she's very keen.
a. The butcher’s keen knife cut through the meat.
As a keen cyclist I am especially pleased by the provisions for carrying bicycles on the train.
They were very keen to start work as soon as possible.; Joan wanted to go to a movie but I wasn't keen (= I didn't want to go).; She's a keen tennis player.; She's keen on (playing) tennis.
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He has become keen on Italian food since visiting Rome.
Hounds hunt by their keen scent.