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eager

['i: g..(r)] = /ˈiːgəʳ/
  1. When you are eager to do something, you want to do it very much.
    The philosopher is always eager to discuss complicated matters.
    Every boy is eager to carry my daughter’s school bag.
    He is such a good speaker that everyone is eager to listen to him.
    I asked my servant to do the difficult job because I know that he is always eager to help me.
    The poet wrote a new poem and now everybody is eager to interpret it.