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beck 1 Noun at someone's beck and call having to be constantly available to do as someone asks [Middle English becnen to beckon] beck 2 Noun (in N England) a stream [Old English becc]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations always ready to carry out someone's wishes He has servants at his beck and call. tot sy beskikking رَهْنَ إشارَتِهِ، عَلى اسْتِعْداد دائِم изцяло подчинен на k službám, na pokyn stå på pinde for; hoppe og springe for auf den leisesten Wink gehorchen έτοιμος να είμαι πάντα πραγματοποιήσω τις επιθυμίες κάποιου a disposición de ees ja taga در اختیار؛ مطیع aina valmiina palvelemaan à l'oeil au doigt et מוּכָן וּמזוּמָן לִפקוּדָתוֹ तत्पर kud ja okom, tud ja skokom vkinek mindig rendelkezésére áll patuh, siap sedia alltaf til taks, að hlÿða e-m agli ordini di qualcuno 人の言うなりになって laukiantis tik mostelėjimo, tik pirštu pamojus būt pilnīgi kāda rīcībā dibawa telunjuk wenk vink; lystre det minste vink fra, stå på pinne for na skinienie à disposição la cheremul cuiva (быть) на побегушках k službám na voljo na raspolaganju vink, nick, lyda ngns minsta vink พร้อมให้บริการ emre amade/hazır 唯命是從 напоготові, напохваті کے حکم کے ماتحت ngoan ngoãn phục tùng ai 唯某人之命是从 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| That beck itself was then a torrent, turbid and curbless: it tore asunder the wood, and sent a raving sound through the air, often thickened with wild rain or whirling sleet; and for the forest on its banks, THAT showed only ranks of skeletons. " And he would say to her in confidential moments, "By Jove, Beck, you're fit to be Commander-in- Chief, or Archbishop of Canterbury, by Jove. But that men fear him for that he hath the storms and the lightnings and all the devils that be in hell at his beck and call, they would have dug his en- trails out these many years ago to get at that tale and squelch it. |
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