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71keen on someone — informal liking someone, or thinking that they are attractive He seems pretty keen on her. dead keen (= extremely keen): I m telling you, she s dead keen on you …
72Keen — This interesting surname may derive from a number of possible origins. Firstly, the name may be of Anglo Saxon origin, as a nickname for a brave or proud person, from the Olde English pre 7th Century cene , Middle English kene , fierce, brave,… …
73keen — Synonyms and related words: Attic, OK, Siberian, ablaze, absorbing, ace high, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, active, acute, adroit, afire, aggressive, agile, agog, alacritous, alert, algid, alive …
74keen as mustard — (UK) If someone is very enthusiastic, they are as keen as mustard. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If someone is as keen as mustard, they are very eager, enthusiastic or motivated. We should ask Emily to join the team. She s as… …
75Keen’s bat — Kyno pelėausis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Myotis keenii angl. Acadian bat; Keen’s bat; Keen’s myotis rus. ночница Кина pranc. chauve souris de Keen ryšiai: platesnis terminas – pelėausiai …
76Keen’s myotis — Kyno pelėausis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Myotis keenii angl. Acadian bat; Keen’s bat; Keen’s myotis rus. ночница Кина pranc. chauve souris de Keen ryšiai: platesnis terminas – pelėausiai …
77keen as mustard — adjective To be very keen, enthusiastic, eager. He was keen as mustard to begin the new job, until he learned what it really entailed …
78keen — [OE] The ancestral meaning of keen is ‘brave’. That is what its German and Dutch relatives, kühn and koen, mean, and that is what keen itself meant in the Old English period. But this sense had died out by the 17th century, having been replaced… …
79keen — I adj Wanting to, excited about {British}. I m keen to go to the motion pictures. 1930s II adj Attractive or appealing. She was a keen girl, with nice gams and figure. 1910s …
80keen — {{11}}keen (adj.) c.1200, from O.E. cene bold brave, later clever, wise, from P.Gmc. *kan be able to (see CAN (Cf. can)). Original prehistoric senses seem to have been both brave and skilled; cognate with O.N. kænn skillful, wise, M.Du. coene… …
