IRRIKITAN EGON: to be eager to do something

1. EAGER

 very keen to do something or enthusiastic about something that will happen

She looked at the eager faces waiting for her news.

eager to do something:

He’s so eager to learn that he stays late every evening.

eager for:

The girls were bored and seemed eager for new experiences.

2. I'm looking forward to

When telling someone that you are 'looking forward to' you are saying that you are waiting or hoping for something, especially with pleasure.

Here are some examples:

"I'm looking forward to meeting you."
"I'm looking forward to talking with you."
"I'm looking forward to going on vacation."
"I'm looking forward to spending time with my family."
"I'm looking forward to learning the English language."
"I am looking forward to visiting another country."
"I am looking forward to having a family."
"I am looking forward to graduating from college."
"I am looking forward to watching the baseball game."
"I am looking forward to running in a race."

· only too eager to do something - definition and synonyms

very keen to do something, especially 

so keen that it causes problems

Some patients are only too eager to tell you exactly how they feel.

Synonyms and related words

enthusiastic, keen, eager... 

3. itching for

This page is about the phrasal verb itching for.

Meaning: If you're itching for something, you really want it.

For example:

• be itching for sth After they'd had a few drinks, some of the guys were itching for a fight.
• be itching for sth The team's substitutes are itching for a chance to get onto the pitch to show off their footballing skills.

Nouns often used as objects with itching for: fight, drink, chance, opportunity 

4. KEEN 

· keen + infinitiive:
He's keen to start work

· keen on + participle
He's keen on starting work. (more often used in the negative: He's not keen on starting work = He's not ·looking forward to starting work)

Here "keen" means eager but "to be keen on" can also mean "to like"
He's keen on that girl, He's keen on cycling

EXERCISE: 

 "Anxious" and "Eager"
The following sentences offer two choices, one using anxious and another using eager. 
Which is correct in each case? 

1. Our children are (anxious / eager) to go to Disney World, but my husband and I are (anxious / eager) about the cost of the trip.
2. Since we had heard countless reports about the sluggish stock market, we were (anxious about learning / eager to learn) the current market value of the stocks we purchased last year.
3. Knowing that the stock market was bullish, we were (anxious about learning / eager to learn) the current market value of the stocks we purchased last year.

The two words anxious and eager are not interchangeable because to be anxious is to be uneasy. Just remember to associate anxious with the noun anxiety. To be anxious is to feel anxiety, to be worried.