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1 avide
avide [avid]adjective( = cupide) [personne, yeux] greedy ; ( = passionné) [lecteur] avid• avide de [plaisir, sensation] eager for ; [+ argent] greedy for ; [+ pouvoir, honneurs, connaissances] hungry for* * *avid* * *avid adj1) (sans nuance péjorative) eager2) péjoratif greedy, grasping* * *avide adj ( vorace) [mangeur, yeux] greedy; [lecteur] avid; ( cupide) greedy; avide de avid for [pouvoir]; eager for [plaisirs, affection, honneurs, nouvelles, connaissances, vengeance]; avide de faire eager to do; tendre une oreille avide to listen eagerly; avide de sang bloodthirsty; économie avide de pétrole oil-guzzling economy.[avid] adjectifécouter d'une oreille avide to listen eagerly ou avidlyavide de nouveauté eager ou avid for noveltyavide de savoir eager to learn, thirsty for knowledgeavide de connaître le monde eager ou anxious ou impatient to discover the world
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