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Accra
Accra[əʹkrɑ:]
n геогр.
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cra Идиома
a crash course
a short course that has the main facts and skills He took a crash course in cooking and bought a cafe.
all it's cracked up to be
as good as the ads say, live up to the reports The new computer isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's not so hot.
at the crack of dawn
at the first sign of light, at first light At the crack of dawn he would rise, wash and go for a walk.
crack a book
study, read a textbook Sean passed that exam without cracking a book.
crack a joke
tell a joke, say a funny word or phrase Please be serious. Don't crack jokes or laugh at us.
crack down on
stop, not permit, not allow The police began to crack down on speeders in the school zones.
crack me up
make me laugh hard, split a gut Robin Williams cracks me up when he tells a story.
crack of dawn
(See at the crack of dawn)
crack shot/salesman etc.
a person who is highly skilled at shooting etc. Marvin has developed into a crack salesman. He's excellent.
crack the line-up
earn a place on a team, make the team He's a good basketball player, but can he crack the line-up?
crack this case
solve a crime, discover who is guilty "David will crack this case; he's a thorough investigator."
crack under the strain
become irrational or hysterical due to strain, around the bend Mother was a strong person. She never cracked under the strain of raising ten children.
cracked
crazy, nuts, wacko He must be cracked. He mailed a letter to himself.
crackers
crazy, bonkers, nuts Don't worry about me. I've been crackers all my life.
crackpot
a person who is strange or weird, wacko Some crackpot wrote a letter to him threatening his family.
crackup
collision, crash Drinking and driving causes a lot of crackups.
cram
try to learn as much as possible in a very short time.
cramp your style
cause problems for you, cause stress for you If we can't buy a Corvette, will it cramp your style?
crank issue
a topic that causes anger, can of worms The Premier raised a crank issue and then went on holidays.
crank it up
turn up the volume, louder please Hey, Karen, crank up the radio. That's a great song.
crank out
make, write, manufacture Can you crank out a few jokes for our school newspaper?
crap
lies, bull, BS He told us that history books contain a lot of crap - BS.
crappy
poor quality, junky, shabby What a crappy camera! Look at these terrible pictures!
crash
go to bed, go to sleep Sometimes Don crashes on our sofa and sleeps for hours.
crash a party
go to a party uninvited, horn in Bo and his friends crashed our party. They came uninvited.
crash course
(See a crash course)
crawl on my hands and knees over broken glass just
do anything to be closer to her, worship the ground she walks on I'm so in love I'd crawl on my hands and knees over miles of broken glass to see her photo.
crawling with
having many of them, oodles, scads The hotel was crawling with police. I couldn't count them.
crazy about
like a lot, mad about Dad's crazy about sports. He really loves baseball.
crazy like a fox
crafty while appearing foolish or dumb, play the fool In the debate, he was crazy like a fox. He praised his opponent for being clever and ruthless.
cut the crap
stop telling lies, do not BS, no more bull Will somebody tell him to cut the crap and give us the facts.
drive me crazy
cause me to feel crazy, bug me a lot That TV commercial drives me crazy! It's on every channel!
fall through the cracks
not be included, leave out These children fell through the cracks. They didn't learn to read.
first crack at
first turn, first chance to do it I want first crack at solving the problem. I want to try first.
from scratch
from the very beginning He decided to build the house from scratch.
get by/scrape by
have just enough money, make do I can get by on very little money, if necessary. I can be frugal.
get cracking
hurry up, start moving fast, get started We will have to get cracking on this work if we want to finish it before dinner.
go crazy
lose control, go bananas, go wild If I don't leave this place I'll go crazy! It's boring here.
hard nut to crack
something or someone difficult to understand or do He is a very serious person and is a very hard nut to crack.
like crazy
very fast, with great energy They were running like crazy but still they couldn
like crazy/like mad
a lot, very much, to beat the band She laughed like crazy whenever Earl told a joke.
not all it's cracked up...
(See all it's cracked up to be)
prepare like crazy
prepare thoroughly, be ready for an event or test Before I go to a job interview I prepare like crazy.
pub crawl
drink at many pubs in one day, bar hopping If you go on a pub crawl today, you'll have a headache tomorrow.
rob the cradle
court a person who is too young, date a minor You're seeing Lisa? She's only 17! That's robbing the cradle!
scrape by
have just enough to live, get by We can scrape by if we sell the car and the TV.
scrape me off the ceiling
help me become normal or recover from shock If I win a million dollars, you'll have to scrape me off the ceiling.
scrape the bottom of the barrel
use the last ones or the worst ones, seconds He's a bad referee. We scraped the bottom of the barrel to find him.
scrape together
gather money etc. a little at a time We managed to scrape together enough money to go to Disneyland even though business is very bad and we don
scrape up
find or gather something with some effort His girlfriend scraped up some money and went to visit him during the summer.