beck

signe, geste d'appel

Mouvement de la tête ou de la main invitant quelqu’un à venir ou à faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A movement of the head or hand that tells someone to come or do something.

• A beck of her hand summoned the servant.
• He obeyed every beck from his master.
• I'm tired of being at your beck and call.

Comment l'utiliser : at someone's beck and call (The servants were at the lord's beck and call.)

Synonymes : signal, gesture, beckoning

Expressions courantes : at someone's beck, beck and call, a silent beck

ruisseau

Petit cours d’eau, surtout dans le nord de l’Angleterre.

En anglais simple : A small river, especially in northern England.

• A beck runs through the village.
• We crossed the beck on a small wooden bridge.
• Heavy rain filled the becks with muddy water.

Synonymes : stream, brook

Expressions courantes : cross the beck, beside the beck, a narrow beck

cuve

Grand récipient contenant des liquides lors de travaux comme la fabrication de tissus.

En anglais simple : A large container used to hold liquids during work such as making cloth.

• The workers filled the beck with dye.
• Wool was lowered into a large wooden beck.
• Several becks stood along the workshop wall.

Synonymes : vat, tank

Expressions courantes : a dye beck, fill the beck, wooden beck