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give it a crack
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Date: Jun 07 2012

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“The Incredible Hulk is a fun character. I was excited to give it a crack.”

- Mark Ruffalo, talking about his role in the new film The Avengers. (US Weekly)

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

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try or attempt something

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

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Mark Ruffalo isn’t the first person to take on the role of the green, mean superhero, the Incredible Hulk. Other actors have played the character before him. But Ruffalo is excited to give the role a crack.

A crack is a small split in a hard surface. For instance, if a rock hits a window, the window might get cracked. But when you give something a crack, it means you try or attempt it. If you threw a rock at a window, you might say you gave a crack at cracking it. But that wouldn’t be very nice.

Instead of saying give it a crack, you could also say take a crack at or have a crack at. For example, you might take a crack at solving a difficult problem. You might have a crack at your homework. If you are struggling with something difficult and want to let someone else try it, you can say, “Want to give it a crack?” or, “Want to have a crack at this?”

Would you ever want to give acting a crack? What else might you want to take a crack at in life?

Examples

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“I can’t open this jar. Will you give it a crack?”

“I gave acting a crack for a year, but it didn’t work out so I quit.”

“You should really give bowling a crack. I think you’d be good at it.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

	Give it a try by Maja_Roxy
	To try it. To give it a shot by cubi1604
	Try it! by mehri.nejatifar
	The synonym is give it a chance. by candycandice
	It means to do your best to do something very well. by Englishty
	to take a turn at trying to do something. by anges491
	to accept the role . by julito

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Comments

wx7772

China

i want to take a crack at socializing with foreigners ，if you don’t give it a crack,you will never start to do something.

S01142923

Malaysia

I tried to dig a hole in my front yard to plant a plant, and it was a difficult tast. I guessed I did not have the muscles it took to do it. So, want to give it a crack?

Crizsearch

Indonesia

LOL, I can’t stop laughing, I thought give a crack mean try to make a joke or make other people laughing, unfortunatelly I didn’t win the quizz.

I’m learning English was not started from giving a crack at it. But I did it in purpose :D

Irene Forever

Ukraine

I’ve been trying for a few months to take a crack at learning Italian, but the languages ( English and Italian ) are too far from each other that it’s so complicated to me to do.