piece of chalk

collocation in English

meaningsofpieceandchalk

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piece
noun[C]
uk
/piːs/us
/piːs/
a part ...
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chalk
noun
uk
/tʃɔːk/us
/tʃɑːk/
a type of soft ...
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(Definition ofpieceandchalkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpiece of chalk

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He takes the profferedpieceofchalk.
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In any case, the people who talk that way have never had apieceofchalkor a duster in their hands.
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This is not easy to explain without a blackboard and apieceofchalk.
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No explosives were ever found, despite the play which the prosecution at the trial made with the shape of apieceofchalk.
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Gone are the days when a teacher stood at the front of the class with apieceofchalk, a blackboard and possibly a single textbook.
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Although this offered great opportunities, he recalls in his autobiography that the only equipment provided to him was a blackboard andpieceofchalk.
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But when boundaries can be drawn on paper, they need have no more significance than the stroke of a pen or apieceofchalk.
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If the hen picks up thepieceofchalk, the girl will die.
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So intense was his concentration that he could hold apieceofchalkin each hand and work two separate problems on the blackboard simultaneously.
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His favorite and most effective visual aid was apieceofchalkand the blackboard.
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Materially, these are analogous to apieceofchalkand a chalkboard, respectively.
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During his sances he would place a small slate with apieceofchalkunder a table and would claim spirits would use it to write messages.
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Armed with only apieceofchalk, he must escape-and he manages to do just that by breaking the chalk in half, because two halves make a whole.
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Around the middle of the song a girl with apieceofchalkwalks out into the middle of the street and begins to draw a large circle.
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These projections may stand for "nzu", cone-shaped pieces of chalk used in rituals.
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