Kilo Lingo

#695 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

zeal, eagerness, fervour

Examples

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He worked with great zeal.

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The zeal of the young people was marvellous.

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Her eagerness for the language never ceased.

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Without eagerness nothing important happens.

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They began the work with eagerness and joy.

sits above plain interest and below : it is energy pointed at a cause. The adjective fervora and the adverb fervore are both common, and o names the enthusiast, occasionally with a raised eyebrow. Note the preposition: your zeal is a cause, not it. It is a favourite of movement writing, so if you read old congress reports you will meet it every other paragraph.

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This word is part of lesson 14.