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1 keen
A n lamento m funèbre.B adj1 ( eager) [admirer, attentions] fervent ; [applicant, candidate] motivé ; to be keen on tenir à [plan, project] ; être chaud ○ pour [idea] ; I'm not too keen ou not over-keen on the idea je ne suis pas très chaud ○ ; to be keen on doing ou to do tenir à faire ; to be keen for sb to do ou on sb's doing tenir à ce que qn fasse ; to be keen that sb should do tenir à ce que qn fasse ; to look keen avoir l'air tenté or partant ○ ; my wife wants to go but I'm not (too) keen ou less than keen ma femme veut y aller, mais je ne suis pas (trop) partant ○ ;2 ( enthusiastic) [amateur, artist, campaigner, sportsplayer, supporter] enthousiaste ; [student] assidu ; to be keen on être passionné de [activity] ; avoir une passion pour [animals] ; he's keen on my sister, but my father's not too keen on him ○ il en pince ○ pour ma sœur mais mon père ne l'encaisse ○ pas ; mad keen ○ GB fana ○ ;3 ( intense) [anticipation, appetite, delight, desire, interest] vif/vive ; [admiration, sense of loss] intense ;4 ( acute) [eye, intelligence] vif/vive ; [sight] perçant ; [hearing, sense of smell] fin ; to have a keen eye for sth avoir l'œil pour qch ;5 ( sharp) lit [blade] acéré ; fig [wit] vif/vive, mordant ; [draught, wind] pénétrant ; [air] vif/vive ;6 ( competitive) [price] défiant toute concurrence ; [competition, rivalry] intense ; [demand] Comm fort, dynamique ; [debate] animé.C vi gémir (over sur).
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