stepped jaw

to custom-machine jaws — обрабатывать зажимные губки (напр. тисков) под определённую заготовку

to paper o paste over the cracks — ponerle* parches al problema (or a la situación etc)

to give somebody a fair crack of the whip — (BrE) darle* todas las oportunidades a alguien

at the crack of dawn — al amanecer, al despuntar el día (liter)

to crack a book — (AmE colloq) abrir* un libro

to crack open a bottle — (colloq) abrir* or descorchar una botella

I've cracked it! — (colloq) ya lo tengo!

to get cracking — (colloq) poner(se)* manos a la obra

come on, get cracking! — vamos, muévete! (fam)

to have or take a crack at sth — intentar algo

I'm not getting up at the crack of dawn! * — ¡no me voy a levantar con el canto del gallo! *

to crack (open) a bottle * — abrir una botella

to crack under the strain — [person] desmoronarse bajo la presión, sufrir una crisis nerviosa a cause de la presión; [relationship] desmoronarse; [alliance] desmoronarse or quebrantarse bajo la presión

I promised to get cracking on or with the decorating — le prometí que empezaría a pintar inmediatamente

crack cocaine N — crack m

crack house N — (Drugs) lugar donde se vende crack or cocaína dura

to paper o paste over the cracks — ponerle* parches al problema (or a la situación etc)

to give somebody a fair crack of the whip — (BrE) darle* todas las oportunidades a alguien

at the crack of dawn — al amanecer, al despuntar el día (liter)

to crack a book — (AmE colloq) abrir* un libro

to crack open a bottle — (colloq) abrir* or descorchar una botella

I've cracked it! — (colloq) ya lo tengo!

to get cracking — (colloq) poner(se)* manos a la obra

come on, get cracking! — vamos, muévete! (fam)

give somebody/have a fair crack of the whip — (fig.) jemandem eine Chance geben/eine Chance haben

there's a crack in the ceiling — die Decke hat einen Riß

have a crack at something/at doing something — etwas in Angriff nehmen/versuchen, etwas zu tun

crack [cocaine] — Crack, das

get cracking! — mach los! (ugs.)

get cracking [with something] — [mit etwas] loslegen (ugs.)

leave the window open a crack — lass das Fenster einen Spalt offen

to fall or slip through the cracks ( US fig ) — durch die Maschen schlüpfen

to give oneself a crack on the head — sich (dat) den Kopf anschlagen

= attempt) to have a crack at sth — etw mal probieren (inf)

crack shot — Meisterschütze m, Meisterschützin f

to crack a rib — sich (dat) eine Rippe anbrechen

to crack (open) a bottle — einer Flasche (dat) den Hals brechen

to crack the whip (fig) — die Peitsche schwingen, ein strenges Regiment führen

he cracked his head against the pavement — er krachte mit dem Kopf aufs Pflaster

cracking plant — Krackanlage f

his voice is cracking/beginning to crack (boy) — er ist im/kommt in den Stimmbruch

to get cracking — loslegen (inf), sich daranmachen

to get cracking with or on sth — mit etw loslegen (inf), sich an etw (acc) machen

give somebody/have a fair crack of the whip — (fig.) jemandem eine Chance geben/eine Chance haben

crack [cocaine] — Crack, das

get cracking! — mach los! (ugs.)

get cracking [with something] — [mit etwas] loslegen (ugs.)