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eager

 
 
/ˈiːgər/ adjective

Translation

wanting to do or have something very much
istekli, hevesli
[+ to do sth] Sam was eager to go home and play on his computer.2128
eagerly adverb
istekli bir şekilde
an eagerly awaited announcement
eagerness noun [U]
istek
(Definition of eager adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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