A little confusing : Anxious - keen
1. Zedco are anxious to increase their sales.
Which means: They want to increase their sales, or Zedco are rather keen on increasing their sales figures.
2. She was anxious to finish school and get a job.
Okay, she would like have a job after finishing school.
How do you see that/ What is your option of it? Which would you prefer?
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The word "anxious" means fearful, uneasy and concerned.
Zedco would be anxious about their sales if the numbers were dropping.
This would be a good use for the word.
Zedco could be described as "keen" or eager to see an increase in sales.
If the girl is anxious to get a job, perhaps it is because she has a lot of student debt and needs to start paying bills.
However, if she is eager, enthusiastic or "keen" to get a job it is because she wants to start her long-awaited career.
Hope this helps
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If you're anxious to get something done then you are worried that something bad will happen if you don't get it done.
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keen and anxious are not the same feeling at all: keen is seen as more positive, perhaps with some urgency, but anxious relates to anxiety - extreme worry.
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