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1 eagerly
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2 drink in
vtupajać się +instr, chłonąć +acc* * *(to take in eagerly: They listened eagerly, drinking in every detail.) wchłaniać -
3 covet
['kʌvɪt]vtpożądać +gen* * *past tense, past participle - coveted; verb(to desire or wish for eagerly (especially something belonging to someone else): I coveted her fur coat.) pożądać- covetous- covetously
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4 eager
['iːgə(r)]adj* * *['i:ɡə](full of desire, interest etc; keen; enthusiastic: He is always eager to win.) gorliwy, ochoczy- eagerly -
5 gulp
[gʌlp] 1. vt(also: gulp down) (w pośpiechu) połykać (połknąć perf)2. vi(from nerves, excitement) przełykać (przełknąć perf) ślinęat/in one gulp — jednym haustem
* * *1. verb(to swallow eagerly or in large mouthfuls: He gulped down a sandwich.) połknąć2. noun1) (a swallowing movement: `There's a ghost out there,' he said with a gulp.) przełknięcie2) (the amount of food swallowed: a gulp of coffee.) łyk -
6 hotly
['hɔtlɪ]advcontest ostro, zawzięcie; speak, deny stanowczo, kategorycznie* * *1) (eagerly; quickly: The thieves were hotly pursued by the police.) gorączkowo2) (angrily; passionately: The accusations were hotly denied.) gwałtownie -
7 jump at
vt fusskwapliwie skorzystać ( perf) z +gen* * *(to take or accept eagerly: He jumped at the chance to go to Germany for a fortnight.) skwapliwie skorzystać -
8 lap up
vt ( fig)przyjmować (przyjąć perf) za dobrą monetę* * *(to drink eagerly by lapping: The dog lapped up the water.) wychłeptać -
9 launch into
vt fus* * *(to begin eagerly: He launched into an enthusiastic description of the play.) wdać/zaangażować się -
10 leap
[liːp] 1. pt, pp leaped or leapt, n ( lit, fig)skok m2. vito leap into/out of — wskakiwać (wskoczyć perf) do +gen /wyskakiwać (wyskoczyć perf) z +gen; price, number etc skakać (skoczyć perf), podskoczyć ( perf)
Phrasal Verbs:- leap at- leap up* * *[li:p] 1. past tense, past participles - leapt; verb1) (to jump: He leapt into the boat.) skoczyć2) (to jump over: The dog leapt the wall.) przeskoczyć3) (to rush eagerly: She leaped into his arms.) skoczyć2. noun(an act of leaping: The cat jumped from the roof and reached the ground in two leaps.) skok, sus- leap year
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11 like a shot
(very quickly; eagerly: He accepted my invitation like a shot.) bez zastanowienia, piorunem -
12 quarry
['kwɔrɪ] 1. n( for stone) kamieniołom m; ( animal being hunted) zwierzyna f2. vt* * *I 1. ['kwori] plural - quarries; noun(a place, usually a very large hole in the ground, from which stone is got for building etc.) kamieniołom2. verb(to dig (stone) in a quarry.) wydobywać (kamień)II ['kwori] plural - quarries; noun1) (a hunted animal or bird.) łup, żer2) (someone or something that is hunted, chased or eagerly looked for.) obiekt polowania/poszukiwań -
13 snap up
vtrzucać się (rzucić się perf) na +acc* * *(to grab eagerly: I saw this bargain in the shop and snapped it up straight away; The bargains were snapped up.) capnąć
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eagerly — adverb see eager … New Collegiate Dictionary
eagerly — See eager1. * * * … Universalium
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eagerly — adv. passionately, avidly … English contemporary dictionary