| صيغ مركبة |
| another crack n | colloquial (another attempt) | محاولة أخرى |
| | If you give me another crack at solving the riddle, I'm sure I'll get it. |
| at the crack of dawn adv | (very early in the morning) | في وقت مبكر جداً |
| | I have to get up at the crack of dawn to get to work on time. |
| crack a smile v | informal (manage to smile) | يبتسم |
| | The tennis player managed to crack a smile even though she lost the match. |
| crack down vi | (enforce laws more strictly) | يفرض القوانين بحزم |
| | The city will begin to crack down on speeding this month, so obey the speed limit while driving. |
| crack down on vtr | (become stricter about) | يتشدّد |
| | The principal is starting to crack down on unexcused absences. |
| | Every holiday, police set up check points to crack down on drunk drivers. |
| crack of dawn n | informal (very early in the morning) | في وقت مبكر صباحاً |
| | The rooster woke us up at the crack of dawn. |
| crack open vtr | informal (open in a celebratory way) | يحتفل |
| | Let's crack open this bottle and get the party started. |
| crack open vtr + vi | literal (break open) | يفتح قفلاً عنوة |
| | The watermelon cracked open when it fell off the picnic table. |
| crack open vtr | informal (window, door: open a small amount) | يشق النافذة أو الباب |
| | John wanted to peek into his sister's room, so he cracked the door open a bit and stared in. |
| crack the whip v | figurative (be strict with workers) | يتشدد مع العمال |
| | Those lazy workers won't do anything unless you crack the whip. |
| crack up vi | slang (laugh) | يضحك |
| | It was so funny I cracked up. |
| crack up vtr | slang (make laugh) | يضحك |
| | The joke he told really cracked me up. |
| crack up vi | slang (have a nervous breakdown) | ينهار، يتحطم |
| | I haven't slept for days, I'm close to cracking up. |
| take a crack at vtr | informal (try, attempt) | يحاول |
| | When we go camping, I'll take a crack at fly fishing. |
| | I can't finish this crossword puzzle - do you want to take a crack at it? |
| take a crack at vtr | informal (criticize, attack verbally) | ينتقد، يهاجم شفوياً |
| | It's easy to take a crack at his new girlfriend- she's ugly, stupid, and unemployed. |
| tough nut to crack n | (sb hard to persuade) | صعب الإقناع |
| | Good luck getting him to agree, he's a tough nut to crack. |
| tough nut to crack n | (sth hard to solve) | صعب الحل |
| | This algebra equation is a tough nut to crack. |
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