brook

arroyo

Curso natural de agua de pequeño tamaño.

En inglés sencillo: A small natural stream of flowing water.

• A brook runs through the garden.
• We crossed the brook on a wooden bridge.
• Several brooks flow down from the hills.

Sinónimos: stream, creek

Expresiones frecuentes: small brook, babbling brook, brook water

pradera húmeda, terreno pantanoso

Terreno bajo cubierto de hierba y muy húmedo, a menudo junto a un arroyo.

En inglés sencillo: Low, wet grassland, often beside a stream.

• Cattle grazed in the brook beside the stream.
• Heavy rain flooded the low brooks.
• The old map labels this wet meadow as a brook.

Sinónimos: water meadow, marshland

Expresiones frecuentes: wet brook, brook pasture, low brook

tolerar, soportar

Aceptar o permitir algo desagradable; suele usarse al decir que no se permitirá.

En inglés sencillo: To accept or allow something unpleasant, usually used when saying you will not allow it.

• She would brook no nonsense.
• The captain brooked no delay in carrying out his orders.
• His tone made clear that he would brook no argument.

Cómo se usa: brook no something (The director would brook no interference in her work.)

Sinónimos: tolerate, allow, put up with

Expresiones frecuentes: brook no delay, brook no opposition, brook no interference

disfrutar, gozar de

Tener algo y disfrutar usándolo o aprovechando sus beneficios.

En inglés sencillo: To have something and enjoy using it or benefiting from it.

• He hoped to brook his inheritance in peace.
• She brooked the estate for many years.
• May you brook these lands and enjoy their fruits.

Sinónimos: enjoy, use, possess

Expresiones frecuentes: brook the land, brook an estate, brook someone’s wealth