(1) crack at (sth./doing sth.) 试做（某事）
Have another crack at solving this puzzle.
再试一试把这个难题解决了吧。
(2) the crack of the dawn 黎明；破晓
I get up at the crack of the dawn every day.
我每天黎明即起。
(3) crack up （身体）跨掉；（精神）崩溃
You'll crack up if you go on working so hard.
你继续这样拼命干下去，身体会吃不消的。
(4) from the cradle to the grave 从生至死
He has suffered a lot from the cradle to the grave.
他一生遭受了许多苦难。
(5) be cramped for room/space 缺乏足够的空间
We're a bit cramped for space in this attic.
在这间阁楼里我们有点活动不开。
(6) cramp sb. 's style 使某人不能放开手脚；使某人不能施展才能
It cramps my style to have you watch over me all the time.
你老是盯着我使我很拘束。
(7) like crazy （用做副词）极度；拼命的；猛烈的
1. We'll have to work like crazy to finish our task in time.
为了按时完成任务，我们必须拼命地干活。
2. Our planes bombed the enemy positions like crazy.
我们的飞机猛烈地轰炸了敌人的阵地。
(8) the creature of sb./sb.'s creature 受人支配者；走狗；奴才
The king would appoint one of his creatures to the post.
国王要派他的一名奴仆去做这差事。
(9) be to sb.'s credit/ do credit to sb./do sb. credit 使某人值得赞扬；为某人増光
1. It is greatly to your credit that you gave back the money you found; your honesty does you credit.
你拾金不昧是非常难能可贵的，你很诚实，应该受到表扬。
2. Their great contribution does credit to their teachers.
他们伟大的贡献给他们老师增了光。
3. It does her credit that she managed not to get angry.
她忍住没发脾气，这是值得称赞的。
(10) have sth. to one's credit 完成某事
He is only thirty, and already he has four films to his credit.
他才30岁，却已经拍过4部影片。
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