brook

ruisseau

Petit cours d’eau naturel.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : stream, creek

Expressions courantes : small brook, babbling brook, brook water

prairie humide, terrain marécageux

Terrain bas couvert d’herbe et très humide, souvent près d’un ruisseau.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : water meadow, marshland

Expressions courantes : wet brook, brook pasture, low brook

tolérer, supporter

Accepter ou permettre quelque chose de désagréable ; s’emploie surtout pour dire qu’on ne le permettra pas.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : brook no something (The director would brook no interference in her work.)

Synonymes : tolerate, allow, put up with

Expressions courantes : brook no delay, brook no opposition, brook no interference

jouir de, bénéficier de

Posséder quelque chose et profiter de son usage ou des avantages qu’il apporte.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : enjoy, use, possess

Expressions courantes : brook the land, brook an estate, brook someone’s wealth