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1 give way
1) (to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass: Give way to traffic coming from the right.) víkja2) (to break, collapse etc under pressure: The bridge will give way any day now.) láta undan, bresta3) (to agree against one's will: I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.) láta undan -
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
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3 hammer
['hæmə] 1. noun1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) hamar2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) hamar3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) sleggja2. verb1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) negla2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) hamra á, troða í•- give someone a hammering- give a hammering
- hammer home
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4 time out
1) ((in basketball etc) a short break requested by the coach to give instructions etc.)2) (a short period of rest from an activity: to take time out to relax.)
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Give me a break! — AND Gimme a break! 1. exclam. That is enough!; Stop it! □ Do you have to go on and on? Give me a break! □ Give me a break, you guys! That’s enough! 2. exclam. Don’t be so harsh!; Give me a chance! □ I’m sorry! I’ll do better! Give me a break! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
