crack up

far ridere

Far ridere molto qualcuno.

In inglese semplice: If something does this to someone, it makes them laugh a lot.

• That joke cracks me up.
• His silly dance cracked the children up.
• What was it that cracked you up so much?

Come si usa: crack someone up (Your stories always crack me up.)

Sinonimi: amuse, make someone laugh

Espressioni comuni: crack someone up, crack up an audience

scoppiare a ridere

Cominciare a ridere molto perché qualcosa è davvero divertente.

In inglese semplice: If you do this, you start laughing a lot because something is very funny.

• We all cracked up.
• She cracked up at the funny photograph.
• I keep cracking up whenever I remember his face.

Come si usa: crack up at something (We cracked up at his silly impression.)

Sinonimi: burst out laughing, laugh

Espressioni comuni: crack up laughing, crack up at something

crollare, andare in pezzi

Non riuscire più a reggere o funzionare bene, oppure andare in pezzi.

In inglese semplice: If someone or something does this, they stop coping or working properly, or break into pieces.

• The old system is cracking up.
• He cracked up under the pressure of the job.
• The ice began to crack up as the weather warmed.

Come si usa: crack up under something (She feared she would crack up under the strain.)

Sinonimi: break down, fall apart

Espressioni comuni: crack up under pressure, crack up completely

prendere in giro

Fare battute su qualcuno, spesso per qualcosa di imbarazzante che ha fatto.

In inglese semplice: If you do this, you make jokes about someone, often about something embarrassing they did.

• They were cracking up at me about my hat.
• Stop cracking up at him about that mistake.
• Her friends cracked up at her about the awkward date.

Come si usa: crack up at someone about something (He kept cracking up at me about my new haircut.)

Sinonimi: tease, make fun of

Espressioni comuni: crack up at someone, crack up about something

sciogliere, disgregare

Far separare i membri di un gruppo o farli smettere di agire insieme.

In inglese semplice: If you do this, you make the members of a group separate or stop acting together.

• They tried to crack up the gang.
• Moving the pupils into different classes cracked up the clique.
• The dispute cracked their little group up.

Come si usa: crack something up (The teacher tried to crack the clique up.)

Sinonimi: break up, disband

Contrari: unite

Espressioni comuni: crack up a clique, crack up a group, crack something up

sgusciare

Rompere e togliere il guscio duro della frutta a guscio.

In inglese semplice: If you do this, you break and remove the hard outer covering of nuts.

• We cracked up some walnuts.
• She cracked up the pecans and saved the kernels.
• How many nuts can you crack up in an hour?

Come si usa: crack up something (We cracked up the pecans before baking.)

Sinonimi: shell

Espressioni comuni: crack up nuts, crack up pecans, crack up walnuts

esilarante, divertentissimo

Qualcosa di molto divertente che fa ridere la gente.

In inglese semplice: Something described this way is very funny and makes people laugh.

• That story was crack up.
• Your brother is so crack up when he tells jokes.
• We watched a crack up video of a dancing dog.

Sinonimi: hilarious, funny

Espressioni comuni: a crack up joke, a crack up story, so crack up