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1 have a crack (at)
(to have a try at.) gera tilraun -
2 have a crack (at)
(to have a try at.) gera tilraun -
3 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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4 crack down (on)
(to act firmly against: The police have cracked down on drug dealers; to crack down on illegal immigration.) -
5 crack down (on)
(to act firmly against: The police have cracked down on drug dealers; to crack down on illegal immigration.) -
6 leak
[li:k] 1. noun1) (a crack or hole through which liquid or gas escapes: Water was escaping through a leak in the pipe.) gat, leki2) (the passing of gas, water etc through a crack or hole: a gas-leak.) leki3) (a giving away of secret information: a leak of Government plans.) (frétta)leki2. verb1) (to have a leak: This bucket leaks; The boiler leaked hot water all over the floor.) leka2) (to (cause something) to pass through a leak: Gas was leaking from the cracked pipe; He was accused of leaking secrets to the enemy.) (láta) leka (út)•- leakage- leaky -
7 upper
1. adjective(higher in position, rank etc: the upper floors of the building; He has a scar on his upper lip.) efri, hærri, æðri2. noun((usually in plural) the part of a shoe above the sole: There's a crack in the upper.) yfirleður3. adverb(in the highest place or position: Thoughts of him were upper-most in her mind.) efst- get/have the upper hand of/over someone
- get/have the upper hand
См. также в других словарях:
have a crack — If you have a crack at something, you try to do it. If someone is attempting to do something and they are unsuccessful, you might say, Let me have a crack at it suggesting that you might be successful at performing the task. ( Take a crack is… … The small dictionary of idiomes
have a crack at (something) — have/take a crack at (something) to try to do something although you are not certain that you will succeed. He didn t win the tennis championships, but he plans to have another crack at it next year … New idioms dictionary
have a crack at — verb To attempt (something); to try to do (something). Let me have a crack at it. Syn: give it a go, take a crack at, take a stab at … Wiktionary
have a crack at something — Go to take a crack at something … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Have a crack — to give something a try … Dictionary of Australian slang
have a crack — Australian Slang to give something a try … English dialects glossary
Crack house — is a term mainly used in the United States used to describe an old, often abandoned or burnt out building often in an inner city neighborhood where drug dealers and drug users buy, sell, produce, and use illegal drugs, including, but not limited… … Wikipedia
have (the) first crack at (something) — to have the first chance to try to do something. If you want to sell your share of the business, our company would have first crack at buying it. Usage notes: sometimes used in the forms get a crack at something or have a crack at something have… … New idioms dictionary
crack — 1 verb 1 BREAK (I, T) to break or make something break so that it gets one or more lines on its surface: Don t put that delicate china in the dishwasher it may crack. | She fell off her bike and cracked a bone in her leg. 2 LOUD SOUND (I, T) to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
crack — crack1 S3 [kræk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(break)¦ 2¦(sound)¦ 3¦(hit)¦ 4¦(not be able to continue)¦ 5¦(voice)¦ 6¦(solve/understand)¦ 7¦(stop somebody)¦ 8¦(open a safe)¦ 9¦(computer)¦ 10 crack it … Dictionary of contemporary English
crack — crack1 [ kræk ] verb ** ▸ 1 break so line appears ▸ 2 break something open ▸ 3 make short loud noise ▸ 4 hit part of body hard ▸ 5 solve problem/mystery ▸ 6 lose control of yourself ▸ 7 when voice shakes ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to damage… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
