crack a book
To open up one's books, especially in order to studyTo open up one's books, especially in order to study.
» How do you always get such good marks in school? I never see you even crack a book.
Как ты всё время получаешь хорошие оценки в школе? Я никогда не вижу тебя за книгами. — astyng
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1 senses(informal)To open up one's books, especially in order to study.
You had better crack the books if you want to have any chance of graduating this year.
Of course he didn't even know that the Partition happened in the 1940s, let alone any details of cross-border disputes since then. It's not like that guy ever cracks a book.
Examples
1 sentencesHow do you always get such good marks in school? I never see you even crack a book.
ruКак ты всё время получаешь хорошие оценки в школе? Я никогда не вижу тебя за книгами. — astyng
Forms
cracks a book, cracking a book, cracked a book, cracked a book| Base form | crack a book · to crack a book |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cracks a book |
| Present participle | cracking a book |
| Past simple | cracked a book |
| Past participle | cracked a book |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.