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2 crack
[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) brotna2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) brjóta3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) brotna; smella4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) segja brandara5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) brjóta upp6) (to solve (a code).) ráða, lesa úr7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) brotna niður2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) sprunga2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) rifa3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) smellur4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) högg5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) skens, háð, brandari6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) úrvals-- 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:
get cracking — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To hurry up, to start moving fast. (Used mostly as an imperative). * /Come on, you guys, let s get cracking!/ (Let s hurry up!) Compare: GET GOING 2 … Dictionary of American idioms
get cracking — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To hurry up, to start moving fast. (Used mostly as an imperative). * /Come on, you guys, let s get cracking!/ (Let s hurry up!) Compare: GET GOING 2 … Dictionary of American idioms
get cracking — To get cracking means to start working on something, usually a job or task with defined parameters … The small dictionary of idiomes
get cracking — ► get cracking informal act quickly and energetically. Main Entry: ↑crack … English terms dictionary
get cracking — verb start to be active Get cracking, please! • Syn: ↑bestir oneself, ↑get going, ↑get moving, ↑get weaving, ↑get started, ↑get rolling • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
get cracking — When you get cracking, you start doing something immediately. I d better get cracking or I ll never get my homework done … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
get cracking — verb To get started; to get busy. If Im going to finish my homework by Thursday, I had better get cracking … Wiktionary
Get cracking! — exclam. Get moving!; Get started!; Hurry up! □ Hurry up! Get cracking! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
get cracking — phrasal to make a start ; get going < ought to get cracking on that assignment > … New Collegiate Dictionary
get\ cracking — v. phr. slang informal To hurry up, to start moving fast. (Used mostly as an imperative). Come on, you guys, let s get cracking! (Let s hurry up!) Compare: get going(2) … Словарь американских идиом
get cracking — hurry up, start moving fast, get started We will have to get cracking on this work if we want to finish it before dinner … Idioms and examples