crack

A. n

• 1 (in rock) fissure (f); (in varnish, ground) craquelure (f); (in wall, cup, bone) fêlure (f)

• 2 (in door) entrebâillement (m); (in curtains) fente (f)

• 3 crack (m)

• 4 (noise) craquement (m)

• 5 (colloq) (attempt) essai (m), tentative (f) to have a crack at doing = essayer de faire

B. adj

• [player] de première; [troops, shot] d'élite

C. vtr

• 1 fêler [bone, wall, cup]

• 2 casser [nut, egg] to crack a safe = fracturer un coffre-fort to crack sth open = ouvrir qch to crack one's head open = se fendre le crâne

• 3 déchiffrer [code]

• 4 faire claquer [whip]; faire craquer [knuckles, joints]

D. vi

• 1 [bone, cup, wall, ice] se fêler; [varnish] se craqueler; [skin] se crevasser; [ground] se fendre

• 2 [person] craquer (fam)

• 3 [knuckles, twig] craquer; [whip] claquer

• 4 [voice] se casser