John did not crack a book until the night before the exam.
Many students think they can pass without cracking a book.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
crack a book — {v. phr.}, {slang} To open a book in order to study. Usually used with a negative. * /John did not crack a book until the night before the exam./ * /Many students think they can pass without cracking a book./ … Dictionary of American idioms
crack a book — {v. phr.}, {slang} To open a book in order to study. Usually used with a negative. * /John did not crack a book until the night before the exam./ * /Many students think they can pass without cracking a book./ … Dictionary of American idioms
crack a book — tv. to open a book to study. (Usually in the negative.) □ I never cracked a book and still passed the course. □ Sally didn’t crack a book all semester … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
crack a book — American, informal to open a book in order to study. I haven t seen her crack a book and the French test is tomorrow. (usually negative) … New idioms dictionary
crack a book — verb To open up ones books, especially in order to study. You had better crack the books if you want to have any chance of graduating this year … Wiktionary
crack a book — study, read a textbook Sean passed that exam without cracking a book … English idioms
crack a book — informal open a book and read it; study … Useful english dictionary
crack a book — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scrutinize, peruse, scan; see examine 1 , read 1 , study 1 … English dictionary for students
crack a book — v. study; open a textbook to study … English slang
crack — crack1 [krak] vi. [ME craken < OE cracian, to resound, akin to Ger krachen < IE base * ger : see CROW1] 1. to make a sudden, sharp noise, as of something breaking 2. to break or split, usually without complete separation of parts 3. a) to… … English World dictionary
