eager

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• attract: A cut above bustling and brassy Blackpool, Lytham St Annes attracted gentry eager to make their homes in the town.

Modifies a noun

• anticipation: We had been taking tea on the terrace of the Presidential Summer palace in eager anticipation of the day's coming events.
• beaver: One must not be a brash, eager beaver.
• punter: Yet there is always a catch; a few diamonds in the rough that spark some degree of excitement and draw in eager punters.
• longing: Theirs was not the eager, disappointed longing of those whose union had proved fruitless.
• curiosity: Was it a boy's eager curiosity, or was it something deeper that drew me nearer?
• expectation: The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.

Modifying Another Word

• too: Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment.
• so: So eager were they to have him leave, he noted, they provided him with poles and food to speed him along.
• always: The people are always eager to help you find your way.
• particularly: Ajax, never slow at developing their youngster's minds, where particularly eager.

Infinitive complement

• impress: The last guy was so eager to impress, it was painful.
• learn: The evening was very well attended with a packed hall full of parents eager to learn.
• hear: Contact Philip - I'm always eager to hear your comments.
• embrace: In a society torn by much division and warfare, people are eager to embrace this idea of Unification.
• please: Emerging nations eager to please the globalized economy set up ' free trade zones ' .
• curl: After the action, Lilydolls and their owners will be eager to curl up with their pretty new pet, Tovi the cat.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: From The Spectator to Thatcher, people seem eager to crush the solidarity which exists here.
• appear: Comment: All the branches were represented at the workshop and people appeared eager to attend.

Preposition: for

• battle: Back to top Translation The tide went out; the seamen stood ready, the many Vikings eager for battle.