Словосочетания со словом crack. Страница два
cracked up
Favorably described or presented; praised. Usually used in the expression not what it's cracked up to be.
In bad weather, a sailing cruise isn't what it's cracked up to be.
The independent writer's life isn't always everything it's cracked up to be.
crackpot
An eccentric person with ideas that don't make sense to most other people.
Don't believe what Uncle Noam tells you - he is a crackpot.
Eccentric; crazy (adjective).
That's a crackpot idea.
get cracking
To hurry up, to start moving fast. Used mostly as an imperative.
Come on, you guys, let's get cracking! (Let's hurry up!)
To begin to move; get started.
The foreman told the workmen to get cracking.
hard nut to crack
tough nut to crack
Something difficult to understand or to do.
Mary found knitting a hard nut to crack.
Tom's algebra lesson was a hard nut to crack.
take a crack at
To try doing something.
Попытаться что-то сделать.
After hearing my friend's amazing recipe, I decided to take a crack at baking my own cake this weekend.
Услышав потрясающий рецепт моей подруги, я решила в эти выходные попробовать испечь свой собственный торт.
After several failed attempts, she finally felt confident enough to take a crack at painting her own masterpiece.
После нескольких неудачных попыток она наконец почувствовала себя достаточно уверенно, чтобы попытаться нарисовать свой собственный шедевр.
It was a difficult challenge to reorganize our antiquated campus, but the resident architect decided to take a crack at it.
Реорганизация нашего устаревшего кампуса была сложной задачей, но местный архитектор решил попробовать это сделать.
wisecrack
A joke or witty remark usually made at someone else's expense.
The comedians kept up a steady stream of wisecracks.