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crack [kræk]1. nouna. ( = split, slit) fissure f ; (in glass, pottery, bone) fêlure f ; (in wall) lézarde f ; (in skin) crevasse fc. ( = sharp blow) to give sb a crack on the head assener un grand coup sur la tête de qnd. ( = joke) (inf) plaisanterie f• that was a crack at your brother ça, c'était pour votre frèref. ( = drug) crack ma. [+ pottery, glass, bone] fêler ; [+ nut] casserb. [+ whip] faire claquerd. [+ code] déchiffrerb. [whip] claquerc. [voice] se casser• let's get cracking! au boulot ! (inf)4. adjective[sportsman, sportswoman] de première classe5. compounds[+ person] sévir contre ; [+ expenditure, sb's actions] mettre un frein àa. ( = distress) foutre en l'air (inf !)b. ( = amuse) faire marrer (inf !)* * *[kræk] 1.1) (in varnish, ground) craquelure f (in dans); (single line in wall, cup, mirror, ground, bone) fêlure f (in dans)2) ( in door) entrebâillement m; ( in curtains) fente f; ( in rock) fissure f3) ( drug) (also crack cocaine) crack m4) ( noise) craquement m5) (colloq) ( attempt) essai m, tentative fto have a crack at — essayer de remporter [title]; essayer de battre [record]
6) plaisanterie f ( about à propos de)2.adjective (tjrs épith) [player] de première; [troops, shot] d'élite3.transitive verb1) ( make a crack in) fêler [mirror, bone, wall, cup]; ( make fine cracks in) fendiller, faire craqueler [varnish]2) ( break) casser [nut, egg, casing]3) ( solve) résoudre [problem]; déchiffrer [code]I've cracked it — (colloq) j'ai pigé (colloq) or compris
4) faire claquer [whip]; faire craquer [knuckles]to crack the whip — fig agiter le fouet
5) ( overcome) faire craquer [defences]6)4.to crack a joke — sortir une blague (colloq)
1) ( develop crack(s)) se fêler; [varnish] se craqueler; [skin] se crevasser; [ground] se fendre2) ( cease to resist) [person] craquer3) ( make sound) [knuckles, twig] craquer; [whip] claquer4) [voice] se casser•Phrasal Verbs:- crack up••not all ou not as good as it's cracked up to be — (colloq) pas aussi bon qu'on le prétend
to get cracking — (colloq) s'y mettre
go on, get cracking! — (colloq) vas-y, remue-toi! (colloq)
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