AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL

Meaning of AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL in English

adj. phr. Ready and willing to do whatever someone asks; ready to serve at a moment's notice. A good parent isn't necessarily always at the child's beck and call.

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AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL — phrasal ready to obey one's command immediately
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL — obedient to the wishes of, subject to someone's requests or commands
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL — : ready to obey one's command immediately
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL — ready to obey one's command immediately
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL — = at the beck and call of {adj. phr.} Ready and willing to do whatever someone asks; ready to serve …
Slang English vocab
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BECK — riverette; (nod) signe
English interlingue dictionary
BECK — I. noun see: phobia Date: 14th century creek 2, II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, alteration of beknen Date: 14th …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALL — I. ˈkȯl verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English callen, probably from Old Norse kalla; akin to Old English hilde …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BECK — I. ˈbek noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bek, from Old Norse bekkr; akin to Old English bæc brook, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BECK — (n.) A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
Английский словарь Webster
BECK — (v. t.) To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a …
Английский словарь Webster
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CALL — /kawl/ , v.t. 1. to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BECK — beck 1 /bek/ , n. 1. a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone. 2. at someone's beck and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CALL — I. ˈkȯl verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kalla; akin to Old English hilde calla battle herald, Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BECK — I. ˈbek noun Etymology: Middle English bek, from Old Norse bekkr; akin to Old English bæc brook, Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CALL — noun ·see assessment, 4. 2. call ·noun vocation; employment. 3. call ·noun a divine vocation or summons. 4. call ·vi …
Webster English vocab
BECK — noun a small brook. 2. beck ·noun ·see beak. 3. beck ·noun a vat. ·see back. 4. beck ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
CALL — [call] vb [ME, fr. ON kalla; akin to OE hildecalla battle herald, OHG kallon to talk loudly, OCS glasu voice] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BECK — [beck] n [ME bek, fr. ON bekkr; akin to OE baec brook, OHG bah, Lith begti to flee--more at phobia] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BECK — beck, Beck BrE AmE bek ▷ becks beks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CALL — / kɔːl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb GIVE NAME 1. to give sb/sth a particular name; to use …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BECK — / bek; NAmE / noun ( BrE , dialect ) a small river SYN stream • IDIOMS - at sb's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CALL — I. call 1 S1 W1 /kɔːl $ kɒːl/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BECK — beck /bek/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: beckon ] 1 . be at sb’s beck and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CALL — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a (often foll. by out) cry, shout; speak loudly. b (of a bird or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BECK — n. poet. a gesture requesting attention, e.g. a nod, wave, etc. øat a person's beck and call having constantly to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CALL — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (often foll. by out) cry, shout; speak loudly. b (of a bird or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BECK — n. poet. a gesture requesting attention, e.g. a nod, wave, etc. at a person's beck and call having constantly to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
CALL — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. a (often foll. by out) cry, shout; speak loudly. b (of a bird or …
Oxford English vocab
BECK — 1. n. N.Engl. a brook; a mountain stream. Etymology: ME f. ON bekkr f. Gmc 2. n. poet. a gesture …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CALL — ( calls, calling, called) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BECK — If one person is at another’s beck and call , they have to be constantly available and ready to do …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CALL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a personal call ▪ Are you sure your boss doesn’t mind your using the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BECK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB call ▪ The station had at its beck and call a talented pool of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BECK — Synonyms and related words : adolescent stream, arroyo, bearing, beck and call, beckon, bidding, body language, bourn, braided stream, branch, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BECK — See: AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL.
Slang English vocab
CALL — n. 25B6; verb Wait for me! she called : CRY (OUT), shout, yell, bellow, roar, bawl, scream, vociferate; informal holler. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CALL — v. 1 shout, cry (out), hail, yell, roar, bellow, call out, Colloq holler I heard someone calling my name 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BECK — See: AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL.
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ONE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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BECK — I 1. сущ. 1) кивок; приветствие рукой; манящий жест Syn : bow, curtsy 2) приказ, приказание, распоряжение Syn : summons, …
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