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Today's expression is to crack open something, especially a door or a window.

Crack open the door.

Crack open... And there's my cat. Can you hear my cat? Yeah. I know a lot of you haven't heard my cat in the past couple days. Be quiet, cat. Excuse me.

There, my cat's gone now. To crack open a window. So, for example, let's say it's the winter time and you're in the living room or maybe in your bedroom and it feels cold. It feels really cold. Like there's a cold breeze, a cold wind coming in.

And you say, hey, mom, why is it so cold in here? And your mom says, oh, I cracked open a window.

Or the doors open a crack.

Yes, we can use it as a noun, a crack.

Just a little bit to crack open, just a little bit.

Open the door, open the window, just a little bit open the door open the window just a little bit just a crack

not a huge opening not even an inch maybe maybe an inch probably a centimeter just a little bit crack

open the window crack open the. It's a useful expression, especially

in the case of the dialogue. Check it out.

Ah, who's smoking in there? Me. Crack open the window, dirty man. Sorry.

Yes.

Have you ever been in a house, in a building, in a closed area, in a car with somebody who smokes?

Well, if you don't smoke, especially, oh, it's horrible.

Even if you smoke, if you're not smoking and somebody else is smoking, like in a car, it's terrible.

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