keen

passionné, enthousiaste

Qui s’intéresse beaucoup à quelque chose ou l’aime énormément.

En anglais simple : Very interested in something or liking it a lot.

• I'm keen on football.
• She has always been a keen reader.
• Are you keen on cooking?

Comment l'utiliser : keen on something (My sister is keen on photography.); keen on doing something (He is keen on growing his own vegetables.)

Synonymes : interested, enthusiastic

Contraires : uninterested

Expressions courantes : keen on something, keen football fan, keen gardener

désireux, enthousiaste

Très intéressé et impatient de faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Very interested and eager to do something.

• She's keen to learn.
• They were keen to join our team.
• He showed a keen interest in the new project.

Comment l'utiliser : keen to do something (They are keen to help with the project.); keen on something (I'm keen on the idea of a walking holiday.)

Synonymes : eager, enthusiastic, interested

Contraires : reluctant, uninterested

Expressions courantes : keen to learn, keen interest, keen on something

chouette, super

Très bon ou agréable.

En anglais simple : Very good or pleasing.

• That's a keen little car!
• Your new jacket looks keen.
• We thought the whole party was really keen.

Synonymes : great, excellent, swell

Contraires : bad

Expressions courantes : keen idea, really keen, keen little car

mordant, acerbe

Dur et amer, au point de blesser quelqu’un ou de le critiquer sévèrement.

En anglais simple : Harsh and bitter in a way that strongly hurts or criticizes someone.

• His speech was full of keen sarcasm.
• Her keen satire exposed the leaders' selfishness.
• The review offered keen criticism of the government's failures.

Synonymes : biting, cutting, bitter, caustic

Expressions courantes : keen satire, keen sarcasm, keen criticism

se lamenter, pousser des lamentations

Pleurer bruyamment et avec tristesse, notamment à cause de la mort de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To cry loudly and sadly, especially because someone has died.

• A woman began to keen.
• They keened for the dead through the night.
• She was keening beside her son's grave.

Comment l'utiliser : keen for someone (The women keened for their lost children.); keen over someone (She keened over her husband's body.)

Synonymes : wail, lament

Expressions courantes : keen for someone, keen over someone

lamentation funèbre

Long cri de tristesse poussé pour une personne décédée, notamment dans la tradition irlandaise.

En anglais simple : A long, sad cry made for someone who has died, especially in Irish tradition.

• A keen rose from beside the coffin.
• The women began a traditional keen for the dead.
• Her long keen filled the quiet room.

Synonymes : wail, lament

Expressions courantes : mournful keen, traditional keen, raise a keen