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1 crack a book
((slang) to open a book in order to read or study: He always gets high marks in his exams although he hardly cracks a textbook.) zaglądać do książki -
2 crack
[kræk] 1. n( noise) trzask m; ( gap) szczelina f, szpara f; ( in bone) pęknięcie nt; (in wall, dish) pęknięcie nt, rysa f; ( joke) kawał m; ( drug) crack m; ( inf) ( attempt)2. vtto have a crack (at sth) — próbować (spróbować perf) swoich sił (w czymś)
whip, twig trzaskać (trzasnąć perf) +instr; knee etc stłuc ( perf); nut rozłupywać (rozłupać perf); problem rozgryzać (rozgryźć perf); code łamać (złamać perf)Phrasal Verbs:- crack up3. adjathlete, expert pierwszorzędny; regiment elitarnyto get cracking ( inf) — zabierać się (zabrać się perf) do roboty
* * *[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) pękać, powodować pęknięcie2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) rozłupywać3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) trzaskać4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) opowiadać5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) pruć6) (to solve (a code).) łamać7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) łamać się2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) pęknięcie2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) szpara3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) trzask4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) cios5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) żart6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) wyśmienity- cracked- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
- have a crack
См. также в других словарях:
crack a book — {v. phr.}, {slang} To open a book in order to study. Usually used with a negative. * /John did not crack a book until the night before the exam./ * /Many students think they can pass without cracking a book./ … Dictionary of American idioms
crack a book — {v. phr.}, {slang} To open a book in order to study. Usually used with a negative. * /John did not crack a book until the night before the exam./ * /Many students think they can pass without cracking a book./ … Dictionary of American idioms
crack\ a\ book — v. phr. slang To open a book in order to study. Usually used with a negative. John did not crack a book until the night before the exam. Many students think they can pass without cracking a book … Словарь американских идиом
crack a book — tv. to open a book to study. (Usually in the negative.) □ I never cracked a book and still passed the course. □ Sally didn’t crack a book all semester … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
crack a book — American, informal to open a book in order to study. I haven t seen her crack a book and the French test is tomorrow. (usually negative) … New idioms dictionary
crack a book — verb To open up ones books, especially in order to study. You had better crack the books if you want to have any chance of graduating this year … Wiktionary
crack a book — study, read a textbook Sean passed that exam without cracking a book … English idioms
crack a book — informal open a book and read it; study … Useful english dictionary
crack a book — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scrutinize, peruse, scan; see examine 1 , read 1 , study 1 … English dictionary for students
crack a book — v. study; open a textbook to study … English slang
crack — crack1 [krak] vi. [ME craken < OE cracian, to resound, akin to Ger krachen < IE base * ger : see CROW1] 1. to make a sudden, sharp noise, as of something breaking 2. to break or split, usually without complete separation of parts 3. a) to… … English World dictionary
