Iain De Caestecker

My mom was always keen I stayed in school and got good grades, and she was always keen for me to do medicine. I used to go to drama classes when I was younger, and she would always take me. But when I got to an age when I decided it was what I wanted to do, when she accepted it, she had actually been the most supportive person ever.

Scottish Actor

George Grey

I mention this fact as tending to support what I have often heard stated, namely, that a shark's sense of smell is so keen that, if men ever bathe in seas where they are found, a shark is almost sure to appear directly afterwards.

New Zealander Leader

Georgina Campbell

If you read the script, and the character's got something in it that you relate to, then I am keen. But I really think, a lot of the time, my successful auditions are those where I really care about the characters.

English Actress

Jean-Philippe Courtois

I think, what I would communicate to people, if you are really keen in helping the world, you could spend so much quality time in terms of coaching, learning, providing great energy to the social entrepreneurs.

French Businessman

George Eliot

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.

British Author

Paul Simon

I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion.

American Musician

Frank Lampard

Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.

English Athlete

Jeremy Corbyn

Some colleagues have said they would not be very keen on working with me, but I am sure these things were said in the heat of the moment.

British Politician

Gyles Brandreth

When I was an MP, I worked at the department where we gave honors to people from the arts world, I was quite keen.

British Actor

Nelson Mandela

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

South African Statesman

Use this meaning for describing sharp objects like knives or tools, emphasizing their cutting ability.

Physical Sharpness

Avoid using this definition to describe people. It's for objects that literally cut.

Not for People

Shows a high level of interest or enthusiasm towards an activity or subject.

Interest Level

Often used with 'on' or 'about' to discuss topics of interest.

With 'on' or 'about'

Refers to high levels of quality or ability, often in mental traits.

Intensity

Emphasizes a strong or perceptive understanding in areas like humor or observation.

Perception

Describes someone who is very excited to do something and ready to take action.

Eager Actions

Conveys a positive and enthusiastic attitude toward upcoming events or activities.

Positive Energy

Used in a more traditional or literary context to express deep sorrow or mourning.

Express Sorrow

It's not commonly used in everyday speech; more likely to be encountered in literature or historical texts.

Rare Usage

 school districts who've reordered themselves around the issues that I was raising what I'm keen to say is that I wasn't making this stuff up I gave a talk a while ago at a university in the Midwest somewhere and over lunch with the faculty beforehand some guys said to me you've been at this a long time now

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 and why. Why did I do this? Well, because the governments that I advise are very, very keen on knowing how they are regarded. They've known, partly because I've encouraged them to realize it, that countries depend enormously on their reputations in order to survive and prosper in the world.

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 Canoe building involved the whole community, bringing together the navigators, canoe builders, priests, chanters, and hula dancers. Navigators were keen observers of the natural world. They were abundantly familiar with trade wind-generated ocean swells,

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 for the first time she's keen to start parenting but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter he must now put his chick at risk in these temperatures it could freeze in seconds

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 and still be breathing not just breathing but have the will to live that is so keen that it gets up and it goes only a hyena only a hyena you may not think they're beautiful but my goodness you've got to respect them

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 that is so keen that it gets up and it goes. Only a hyena... Only a hyena. You may not think they're beautiful, but my goodness, you've got to respect them. You've got to.

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 the world of animals is not without its hazards in rajasthan the temple langers have taken spy monkey into the heart of the family but some are keen to take the budding

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 luckily help is at hand these giant Malabar squirrels have a keen sense of smell tuned into the hypest fruits the macaques watch the squirrels every move

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 She's keen to start parenting but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter.

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 get it we're not gonna get a keen B we gonna get an abstracted B I'm afraid

Keen

Physical Sharpness

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