call. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If someone is at another person's beck

and call, he or she is compliant. It means they comply, that they follow. They don't

resist. They are compliant and is expected to obey and cater to one's

needs. It is usually meant in a negative way. You know, like that they're almost

too demanding. It's like the person has almost become like a slave to them. Okay.

Good let's continue. Well the word' beck' is an old use that was a shortened form

or a certain version of the word 'beckon." Which meant to signal someone to come. To

beckon someone , to come. So that's where you get beck and call. So some people say

beck. Why beck ? What's beck ? Well beck was a shortened verb of beckon. You beckoned

someone to come towards you. Okay . Good. Let's look at a three examples we have

here. Example number one. The boss in the movie " The Devil Wears Prada " expected all

her assistants to be at her beck and call. Yeah. I don't know if you remember

that is ... that movie is about 10 to 15 years old now. But where Meryl Streep played

the boss in this fashion magazine and she expected her you know, her assistants

or her helpers to do anything. Long, but far beyond the nine-to-five work hours.

She expected them to always be ready for her or do anything that she wants them

to do. And some things ... you know were not even practical. She just wants them to

try to figure out a way to do it. She expected them to always be at her beck

and call. Okay. Let's look at number two here. The king expects his servants to be

at his beck and call. Yeah, especially in former times. So this could just as easily

be Queen you could say the Queen expects her servants to be at her beck and call.

So yeah a lot of times royalty did expect their servants to

be literally at their beck and call.They might beckon them to come and at their

beck and call and do whatever they wanted them to do.

All right. And number three here. In Japan during former times, geishas were trained

to be at the beck and call of any men they were hired to entertain. All right.

So this is the way we might hear the term beck and call. Anyway, I hope you got

it . I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time.

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