anxious

anxious
{'æŋkʃəs}
1. загрижен, разтревожен, обезпокоен, неспокоен (about)
2. predic силно желаещ, нетърпелив (for something, to do something)
I am ANXIOUS for you to meet my brother много искам брат ми да се запознае с вас
we were ANXIOUS for help to be sent/that help should be sent promptly очаквахме с нетърпение/тревога да ни се изпрати незабавно помощ
3. грижовен, кахърен, изпълнен с грижи, угрижен
4. причиняващ/създаващ грижи, главоболен
to be on the ANXIOUS seat aм. тревожа се, измъчвам се от неизвестност/тревога
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{'ankshъs} а 1. загрижен, разтревожен, обезпокоен, неспокоен (
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трепетен; тревожен; обезпокоен; разтревожен; загрижен;
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1. i am anxious for you to meet my brother много искам брат ми да се запознае с вас 2. predic силно желаещ, нетърпелив (for something, to do something) 3. to be on the anxious seat aм. тревожа се, измъчвам се от неизвестност/тревога 4. we were anxious for help to be sent/that help should be sent promptly очаквахме с нетърпение/тревога да ни се изпрати незабавно помощ 5. грижовен, кахърен, изпълнен с грижи, угрижен 6. загрижен, разтревожен, обезпокоен, неспокоен (about) 7. причиняващ/създаващ грижи, главоболен
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anxious[´æʃ(k)ʃəs] adj 1. загрижен, разтревожен, обезпокоен, неспокоен, тревожен (about); 2. силно желаещ (for); to be \anxious for (to do s.th.) имам силно желание за/да направя нещо; 3. грижовен, кахърен; изпълнен с грижи; угрижен; 4. който причинява грижи, главоболен; \anxious bench (seat) ам. място за каещи се грешници в църква; \anxious mourners ам. каещи се грешници.

English-Bulgarian dictionary. 2013.

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