eager
 adjective
 ansioso
EN He was reading very quickly, as if he were eager to get to the end.
PT Lia muito depressa, como se estivesse ansioso por chegar ao fim.
 Fonte: RUM (3285)
sôfrego
EN Coupling this ambition with the young man's humour Stephen had often called him one of the tame geese and there was even a point of irritation in the name pointed against that very reluctance of speech and deed in his friend which seemed so often to stand between Stephen's mind, eager of speculation, and the hidden ways of Irish life.
PT Devido a esta ambição, casada com o humor do jovem, Stephen comparava-o muitas vezes a uma gansa doméstica: e punha até nesta alcunha uma ponta de irritação assestada contra esta relutância de linguagem e de acção que parecia muitas vezes interpor-se entre a sua própria inteligência, sôfrega de especulação, e o carácter secreto dos costumes da vida irlandesa.
Fonte: JOV (3522)
ávido
EN Buck did not comprehend that silent intentness, nor the eager way with which they were licking their chops.
PT Buck não compreendia o significado daquela atenção silenciosa, nem tão-pouco o jeito ávido com que lambiam as mandíbulas.
Fonte: SEL (214)
impaciente
EN Buck was no less eager, and no less cautious, as he likewise circled back and forth for the advantage.
PT Buck não estava menos impaciente nem menos cauteloso, quando de igual modo se movia para trás e para a frente, procurando ganhar vantagem.
Fonte: SEL (395)
afadigado
EN The vestry and chapel were peopled with eager masters and boys.
PT A sacristia e a capela estavam repletas de mestres e alunos afadigados.
Fonte: JOV (1572)
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