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Meanings of so keen in English

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Usage of so keen in English
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Why, it asked, are Albanians so keen to reach Britain from France?
The Guardian
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And I don't think Jeff is so keen on the idea, either.
The house
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It was amazing to find him so keen in such a state.
The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
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Never has there been felt so keen a sympathy with Ulster's position.
The Irish Times
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They mightn't be so keen to talk about it after last night.
The Irish Times
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Why are these companies are so keen on the language of empowerment?
Wired
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But nowhere was this contrast so keen as in their domestic arrangements.
Alvira: The Heroine of Vesuvius
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Then he clutched hold of the bed, the pain was so keen.
The Prussian Officer
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The American sharpness was not always so keen as it sometimes seemed.
T. Tembarom
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The pain became so keen that it made me open my eyes.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction
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I finally understood why he was so keen on the fish tank.
A knife edge
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Nothing so wonderful, so inimitable, so keen in unprejudiced and unbiassed sight.
Lectures on Art, Delivered Before the University of Oxford in Hi...
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Why has the DoJ been so keen on deferred prosecution since 2010?
The Guardian
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And he is ever so keen to hear what you have found.'
Orb Sceptre Throne
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No wonder why European leaders are suddenly so keen on missile defense.
Wired
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The disappointment was so keen, so bitter, she could not overcome it.
Wife in Name Only
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