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eager beaver
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eager beaver
someone who is very enthusiastic; someone who works very hard. New volunteers are always eager beavers. The young assistant gets to work very early. She's a real eager beaver.
See also: beaver, eager


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Of course some of those eager-beaver beginners don't want to believe in the BIC method because it actually involves work and discipline.
Though many people are saying not to rely entirely on every piece of material available from the internet, as an eager-beaver, you have all the freedom in the world to choose which material you want to use for your learning experience.
He's an eager-beaver cadet who's thrilled to get his first assignment in a Paris precinct -- even though that means leaving his schoolteacher wife in provincial Normandy for long, lonesome stretches.
 
 
 
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