chalk mark

collocation in English

meaningsofchalkandmark

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chalk
noun
uk
/tʃɔːk/us
/tʃɑːk/
a type of soft ...
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mark
noun
uk
/mɑːk/us
/mɑːrk/
a small area on the surface of something that is damaged, dirty, or different in ...
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(Definition ofchalkandmarkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchalk mark

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I have heard of one ease of a house occupied by three families, and the only division was achalkmarkon the floor.
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What is the objection to achalkmarkon a pavement?
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However, in many parts of the country there was achalkmarkacross the playground beyond which parents and governors had no place.
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Is achalkmarkon the pavement an obstruction?
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Achalkmarkon the pavement may create obstruction by attracting persons and children on to the carriageways to the interference of the traffic and the injury of the children.
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A trial fit will leave achalkmarkon the high spots of the corresponding surface.
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If one draws chalk marks on a blackboard, of course the chalk circles will intersect.
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The signaling devices can include achalkmarkon a wall, a piece of chewing-gum on a lamppost, or a newspaper left on a park bench.
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In many cases the constraint of plausibility merely serves, like the chalk marks on a tennis court, to keep the game interesting.
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Nobody paid the slightest attention to his chalk marks.
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The summer was a good one and the chalk marks lasted right through it.
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Other game operators would then look for these chalk marks and entice the individuals to also play their rigged game.
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The aim is to get three chalk marks in each of the squares - three scores in each of the nine beds.
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However, chalk marks made on some types of wet blackboard can be difficult to remove.
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Many non-climbers also object to the appearance of climbing chalk marks, anchors, bolts and slings on visible cliffs.
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Some immigrants entered the country only by surreptitiously wiping the chalk marks off, or by turning their clothes inside out.
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When the princess is carried away again, they unsuccessfully use a trail of flour and chalk marks on neighborhood doors to find where she spends her nights.
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Chalk marks on the walls are in the same style that they were in the episode when trying to find where the portal to find the girl was.
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Both films are extremely stylised, with the actors playing their parts on a nearly empty soundstage with little but chalk marks on the floor to indicate the sets.
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Chalk lines are used to mark the runs of heating element onto the surface and covered with a clear lacquer or acrylic spray to waterproof the chalk marks.
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