I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ceremony marks sth
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a ceremony marking the beginning of adulthood
a distinct/marked/conspicuous lack of sth (= very noticeable )
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She looked at him with a marked lack of enthusiasm.
a marked preference (= strong and clear )
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The animals have a marked preference for woodland.
a marked reduction (= very easy to notice )
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There has been a marked reduction in arrests since the ban on alcohol at stadiums.
a marked tendency (= noticeable )
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There is a marked tendency for Hollywood marriages to end in divorce.
a marked/dramatic difference (= very noticeable )
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There was a marked difference between the two sets of results.
a marked/noticeable improvement (= that people can notice )
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Joanna's work showed a marked improvement.
a marked/striking contrast (= very noticeable )
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I noticed a marked contrast in his behaviour before and after treatment.
a remarkable/striking/marked similarity (= one that is very noticeable )
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This ape's facial expressions show remarkable similarities to ours.
a sharp/dramatic/marked drop in sth
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The results showed a sharp drop in profits.
a significant/marked shift (= big and noticeable )
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There has been a significant shift in government policy on education.
as a mark of respect (= as a sign of respect, especially for someone who has just died )
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Flags were flown at half mast as a mark of respect for the dead seamen.
be marked on a map (= put a mark or symbol on a map to show where something is )
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The path is clearly marked on the map.
beauty mark
be/mark the end of an era (= be the end of a period of time in history that is known for a particular event, or for particular qualities )
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The principal’s death marked the end of an era at the college.
bite marks
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Her body was covered in bite marks .
burn marks
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The desk was covered with graffiti and burn marks .
celebrate/commemorate/mark an event (= do something to show that you remember it )
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Fans observed a minute’s silence to commemorate the tragic event.
Charter mark
distinguishing feature/mark/characteristic
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The main distinguishing feature of this species is the leaf shape.
exam marks
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Pupils were divided into classes with a similar range of ability, based on their previous exam marks.
examination marks
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On average, girls achieved higher examination marks that boys.
exclamation mark
fall short of the mark (= are not good enough )
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One or two songs on the album are interesting, but most fall short of the mark .
full marks
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Not the most stylish mobile, but full marks to Marconi for originality.
high water mark
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the high water mark of Herrera’s presidency
hit the...mark
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Sales have hit the 1 million mark .
leave a mark/stain/scar etc
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The wine had left a permanent mark on the tablecloth.
low water mark
make a hole/dent/mark etc
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Make a hole in the paper.
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The cup has made a mark on the table.
mark a grave
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The stone marked the grave of their young daughter.
mark a high/low/turning etc point (= be or happen at a particular time in the development of something )
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The day of the accident marked a turning point in Kenny’s life.
mark a stage
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The election marks an important stage in the rebuilding of the country.
mark an essay British English , grade an essay AmE:
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I went home knowing that I still had a pile of essays to mark.
mark an occasion (= do something special to celebrate an event )
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The bells were rung to mark the occasion.
mark the beginning of sth ( also signal/herald the beginning of sth ) (= show that something is starting to happen )
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This event marked the beginning of a ten-year worldwide depression.
mark the climax of sth (= show that something has reached its best point )
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This painting marked the climax of his career.
mark the onset of sth
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The tradition originates from an old Celtic feast marking the onset of winter.
marked reluctance (= great and noticeable )
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People showed a marked reluctance to accept that the situation was serious.
marked (= very noticeable )
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Hunting led to a marked decline in bird numbers.
marked (= very noticeable )
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There was a marked change in his behaviour.
mark/form a boundary
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The river Jordan marks the boundary between Israel and Jordan.
mark/represent a shift
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The idea represents a dramatic shift in health care policy.
On your marks – get set – go (= said to start a race )
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On your marks – get set – go .
pass mark (= the mark you need to be successful )
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The pass mark is 55%.
passed the...mark
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The number of unemployed has passed the two million mark for the first time.
punctuation mark
question mark
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A big question mark hangs over the company’s future.
quotation mark
scorch marks
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There were scorch marks on the kitchen worktop where a hot pan had been placed.
significant/marked (= definite and noticeable )
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Over the last few years, there has been a marked increase in tourism to developing countries.
significant/substantial/marked (= quite big )
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Global warming could have a significant effect on agriculture in many parts of the world.
skid mark
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There were skid marks on the road where the crash occurred.
speech marks
stress mark
stretch mark
the halfway stage/mark/point
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They’ve just reached the halfway stage of the project.
token/mark of sb’s esteem (= a sign of their respect )
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Please accept the small gift we enclose as a mark of our esteem.
tyre marks ( also tyre tracks ) (= marks left by tyres )
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There were tire marks on the road close to where the crash happened.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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Ready for action A big question mark hangs over the wisdom of visiting any Arab state at present, writes Mike Harper.
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Another big question mark: How vigorously will the local phone companies defend their turf?
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Her husband says she has a big mark across her throat from the rope.
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The biggest question mark over Major out of the row is how the Government got into this mess in the first place.
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Defense and goalie are the biggest question marks .
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Many of these leave a very big question mark as to their eternal significance.
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But there's a big question mark over whether they could afford to keep him in the Third Division.
black
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The former Shah's advocacy of a collective security pact was a further black mark against the Gulf scheme.
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Still, you could almost see the black mark being registered against the name of the man who had asked the question.
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A mini-breakdown was less of a black mark than a criminal record if he should ever choose to emigrate.
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They reduced his manuscript to a patchwork of black marks .
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Irina had put a black mark against him with Rakovsky.
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But there is one black mark .
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Why is not immediately obvious but sufficiently worrying to put a black mark against the program.
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You get a black mark next to your name that may show up in your next evaluation.
deutsche
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Sterling was weaker against the deutsche mark at 2. 2354 marks compared with 2. 2390 at the previous close.
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The benchmark five-year deutsche mark swap spread fell 1 basis point to 45 basis points.
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Bayer shares fell 1 deutsche mark to 404.
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The benchmark five-year deutsche mark swap spread rose 2 basis points to 47 basis points.
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The dollar was also lower against the deutsche mark .
full
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None of them got full marks .
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And then, you have a pitching staff that is full of question marks .
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So full marks to Lord Ridley for injecting some fun into last week's gathering of Northern Rock investors.
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Well, full marks for courage, Major.
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Well done Ralph, and full marks Henry.
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Not a parasite Overall assessment: Full marks for background, education, appearance.
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She was thinking: Full marks to Roberta.
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You had to give the woman full marks for persistence.
high
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This was the high water mark of Elf culture when most of their greatest works of art were created.
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She also gives high marks to manager Dusty Baker.
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Emma, who presently works in corporate finance, was awarded the IoT medal and Butterworth prize for the highest overall marks .
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Newhome sales were slightly below the high marks of the late 1970s.
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Overall, only two out of three supermarkets, one in three delicatessens and one in five butchers scored high marks for hygiene.
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No wonder he then passed with very high marks .
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Restencourt did seven triples, including two triple axels, and received higher technical marks than Weir.
low
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The class with the lowest mark would be excluded from story time.
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Warren, who had been given excellent evaluations two months before his report, was subsequently given low marks and denied promotion.
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Below low water mark , predation by lobsters may be significant.
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It is sometimes represented in transcription with a low mark so that the examples could be transcribed as,.
quick
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Salad crops, however, are quick off the mark .
red
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You can be left with a red mark a couple of inches across that takes days to fade.
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The spectacles left bright red marks which took some time to go away.
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Even at this distance you could see that huge red mark across his cheek.
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The first is a surface sore which starts off as a red mark .
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There was a brutal, red thumb mark just at the point where her shoulders met her neck.
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Note, on the protection strip, you have red marks - - - -.
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She shrieked at the sting of the blows, which left a red mark down one side of her face.
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Its nail was a rose thorn; she allowed it to scratch at her skin, making a faint red mark .
short
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When it comes to the expected sporty performance and handling, the Paseo again falls short of the mark .
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However, it falls short of the mark of providing the needed discussion of analytical biochemical problems.
top
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This means that a few get top marks , a big bunch get middling marks, and a few come near the bottom.
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But first harness, tack and carriages had to be spruced up to ensure top marks for turnout.
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You had to give Anthony top marks for persistence, she thought to herself.
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She scored top marks , and received the Lord Wolfenden prize for outstanding academic performance.
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I have to give you top marks for determination.
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We also gave it top marks for looks.
wide
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Another is that the view of October as the product of a truly mass-revolutionary movement is not so wide of the mark .
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No, Watson, that is well wide of the mark even for you.
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The report offers no explanation for our figures being wide of the mark .
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Housing committee chairman Bill Dixon said Coun Richmond was wide of the mark and each property would only cost £30,000.
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Few forecasts have been so wide of the mark .
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Shock tactics often fall wide of their mark .
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Jean Powers was not so wide of the mark .
■ NOUN
exclamation
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And I mean that exclamation mark .
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Then exclamation marks abound, and she uses verbs in the imperative to heighten the drama of her warning to humanity.
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But those rather racy exclamation marks are a surprise.
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It was too easy to be silly and goofy and laugh and use exclamation marks .
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Over the Easter term, the inky tadpoles changed from commas into exclamation marks .
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Wind brings a dandelion drift of exclamation marks , and the thrush types an against a stone.
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One is the exclamation mark , used twice.
gas
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The heat in Keegan's kitchen barely rose above gas mark one.
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Place on a baking tray and bake in an oven at 425°F, 220°C or Gas mark 7 for approximately 1 hour.
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Place pan in a preheated hot oven 200 °C gas mark 6.
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Return pan to oven and increase heat to 220 °C gas mark 7.
pass
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It is not a pass mark and yet all children are supposed to aspire to it.
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Instead, the pass mark was set higher for girls!
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For example, what pass mark would they set for an examination they are about to sit?
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How would students react to you setting a pass mark of say 80%?
punctuation
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Rather it was a fiery punctuation mark , a coal-like comma, or salamander semicolon, in a continuing story.
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Hyphens Hyphens, perhaps the most creative punctuation marks , join two or more words to create a single word.
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The recognition system was also extended to allow punctuation marks , digits and other non-alphabetic characters in certain situations.
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Baghdad's Babil daily put the punctuation marks above published excerpts from a U.S.
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He snorted quietly: an unemotional noise; a punctuation mark .
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Most people make mistakes, especially with punctuation marks .
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Each punctuation mark is put into a flashing mode, and another graphic character replaces each word.
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In addition, the program tallies the number of punctuation marks and calculates the average space between them.
question
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Suddenly question marks hung over her head.
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Another big question mark: How vigorously will the local phone companies defend their turf?
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One of the keys dispensed with was the question mark .
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She drew the first question mark .
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He says obviously there's now a question mark over his future.
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Then the disk drive whirred once more and the question mark evaporated.
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Many of these leave a very big question mark as to their eternal significance.
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Defense and goalie are the biggest question marks .
quotation
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Now, though, the irony is wearing off; they don't even bother to put their antics in quotation marks .
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I might also comment that she seemed to know what the quotation marks represented on the page.
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At first the international press used it ironically, in quotation marks .
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Finally, quotes, simply by being embraced by quotation marks or set in italics, will attract your readers.
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These are lives lived wholly within quotation marks , and the references are mostly Henry James.
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For example, if we teach a child quotation marks , the child will sprinkle them liberally throughout every story.
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Her tone changes in response to quotation marks , and her spacing matches the length of pages, sentences, and words.
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When a quotation is followed by an attributive phrase, the comma is enclosed within the quotation marks .
skid
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The skid marks were evident on the last 750 feet of runway travel.
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On the concrete floor inside are tire tracks, and skid marks where kids have done wheelies or donuts.
trade
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A company's name must not include a trade mark unless its owner's consent is obtained.
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To this day, its trade mark has been the concentration on the body and its movements.
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We will introduce legislation to simplify trade mark registration and extend the rights they confer.
water
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But it was a misreading to suppose that the vote then marked the high water mark on the issue.
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This was the high water mark of Elf culture when most of their greatest works of art were created.
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Below low water mark , predation by lobsters may be significant.
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It would provide the maximum area of water within the engineering constraints and would be broadly equivalent to mean high water mark .
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I found what I took to be high water mark with my feet rather than my eyes.
■ VERB
bear
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A large piece of whale blubber, bearing the marks of fleshing knives, has been discovered off west Falkland.
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The imam still bore the mark of that experience in his gaunt frame and sallow, jaundiced complexion.
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The great Leinster dinner service of 1747 was his swansong: no silver bearing his mark appears thereafter.
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Products graded in accordance with established standards bear the appropriate grade marks .
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And her body, bearing one tiny mark , had been found with a bird's head, near the barrow.
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Krupat's face, which I knew so well, bore some recent marks .
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Some of you have the look of lords, yet you bear the mark of hard travelling and your steeds are scarred.
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None the less, nationalization still bore the mark of long struggles by the labour movement to further working class interests.
fall
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When it comes to the expected sporty performance and handling, the Paseo again falls short of the mark .
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Bayer shares fell 1 deutsche mark to 404.
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Shock tactics often fall wide of their mark .
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However, it falls short of the mark of providing the needed discussion of analytical biochemical problems.
give
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You choose a monday paper which gives marks out of 10.
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A place is approached, sampled, and given a mark .
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You had to give the woman full marks for persistence.
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In a survey she took at the end of the term, the students gave themselves poor marks for class participation.
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She had to give him full marks for originality.
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Warren, who had been given excellent evaluations two months before his report, was subsequently given low marks and denied promotion.
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Oh, some of the priests said you got given marks afterwards, but what was the point of that?
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Only 19 percent of the respondents gave lawyers high marks for maintaining honest and ethical standards.
hit
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In any book of several hundred pages you're bound to hit the mark occasionally.
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The first time I saw him hit from the farthest mark , I cheered.
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Had the muddy weed really hit its mark ?
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If one of us hits the half-century mark , we all do.
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Today I have to hit as many marks as possible, and Dixie can find them fast.
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Not every story hits the mark .
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It took five years for revenue to hit the £1 million mark .
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About half hit the comic mark .
leave
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But it left it's mark .
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Stagflation and the threat of deeper world recession has left marks upon the consciousness of the workers.
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Velvet Pin as little as possible as pins tend to leave marks .
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Eager to work and leave their mark , the Volunteers seethed at the phlegmatic nature of the program.
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The drip, drip of winter skis propped up outside rooms have left their their sallow mark .
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The disturbing images, however, have left a mark .
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The modern period has left its mark too, literally.
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He left few marks in the annals of economic discipline.
make
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He made his greater mark as a cricket administrator.
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Everyone likes to make their mark .
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It was as a policeman that he made his mark .
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Billionaire Marvin Davis made his deal-making mark in oil and Hollywood.
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Mark the floor, walls and ceiling, making sure that wall marks are truly vertical.
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In some years, he has made up for losing marks in the regular season by increasing his bets in the playoffs.
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Eva continued to make her own personal mark .
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Its competition made their marks by being faster and easier to use.
miss
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The bundled software, aimed at children, missed its mark .
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As a welfare program, the minimum wage misses the mark because it worsens the status of the most disadvantaged youths.
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In your recent coverage of Novell's letter of intent to purchase Unix System Laboratories you've really missed the mark .
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The movie itself simply misses the mark .
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But, put like this, the objection misses its mark .
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All too often, national political coverage misses the mark .
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In the electronic community, these efforts will either fall short or miss the mark entirely.
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But the show missed the mark on other aspects of police work, the group said.
overstep
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The preacher overstepped the mark when he called the Royal Mail to a halt on the moor near Bagshot.
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Helen shrugged; she felt mildly embarrassed, as if she had overstepped the mark .
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In either case an agent trying to influence Fontaine may have overstepped the mark .
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In each painting a conjurer has overstepped his mark .
put
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I got ta put my mark on you.
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Irina had put a black mark against him with Rakovsky.
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Baghdad's Babil daily put the punctuation marks above published excerpts from a U.S.
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Why is not immediately obvious but sufficiently worrying to put a black mark against the program.
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Then measure 6 feet from the string along the house, and put a mark there.
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Mr Lamont has also put his mark on Tory budgets for the next three years, regardless of whether he remains Chancellor.
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But then along came some one like Lucas, and put the mark of Cain on everybody.
reach
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Today, hit shows are lucky to reach the 10 % mark , and even blockbusters fail to reach twice that.
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But on Feb. 20 he reached the century mark .
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The water had reached its mark and was lapping the grass that he stood on.
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The dollar could reach 1. 48 marks and 106 yen by the end of January, Cohen said.
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My confidence suffered so much that I failed to reach the 50-wicket mark in three successive County Championship campaigns with Middlesex.
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The Republicans have not reached their high-water mark in the South yet.
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Total moped sales are now reaching the 50,000 mark at 47,112, which is up 35.2 per cent on last year.
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As the countdown reaches the two-minute mark , the room seems to tremble.
set
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But if Hunt had now set his mark on the F1 scene and matured, at Team Hesketh matters were quite different.
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We can see where the plate and the chair were set , the marks are just visible on the floor.
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How would students react to you setting a pass mark of say 80%?
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Firms set prices as a mark up over average cost.
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He had set his mark on them.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a black mark (against sb)
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It is almost impossible to borrow money if you have any black marks against you.
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A mini-breakdown was less of a black mark than a criminal record if he should ever choose to emigrate.
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Incidentally, Willoughby, you've earned yourself a black mark for that little trouble.
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Irina had put a black mark against him with Rakovsky.
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It would be a good mark, not a black mark.
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The exam league tables have also been given a black mark by teaching unions.
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The outcome will be recorded but the finding does not constitute a black mark on the record of the officer involved.
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Why is not immediately obvious but sufficiently worrying to put a black mark against the program.
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You get a black mark next to your name that may show up in your next evaluation.
find its mark/target
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But now their enmity found its target in the flesh.
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I doubt whether it could have found its target but the very shape of it in my hands was reassuring.
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It found its mark; one of the suitors fell dying to the floor.
gas mark 4/5/6 etc
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Place pan in a preheated hot oven 200 °C gas mark 6.
marked man/woman
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But Chennault was a marked man.
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Ever since his luncheon with Katherine Fisher, Jim had felt like a marked man whenever he was in the office complex.
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From that time he was dedicated, a marked man.
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He thus became a marked man.
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In his defence, Souness believes his no-nonsense approach has made him a marked man.
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It was well known that the younger Beaumont twin was a marked man.
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Mark Gallagher - marked man today Much ado about nothing!
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Without Young, forward Andy Poppink is a marked man.
miss the mark
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All too often, national political coverage misses the mark.
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Although it contains a grain of truth, this theory rather radically misses the mark.
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As a welfare program, the minimum wage misses the mark because it worsens the status of the most disadvantaged youths.
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But the show missed the mark on other aspects of police work, the group said.
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In the electronic community, these efforts will either fall short or miss the mark entirely.
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In your recent coverage of Novell's letter of intent to purchase Unix System Laboratories you've really missed the mark.
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The movie itself simply misses the mark.
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The truth, however, is that most of the time it misses the mark.
overstep the mark
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Helen shrugged; she felt mildly embarrassed, as if she had overstepped the mark.
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In either case an agent trying to influence Fontaine may have overstepped the mark.
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The preacher overstepped the mark when he called the Royal Mail to a halt on the moor near Bagshot.
slow off the mark
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Diesels are condemned by some for being too slow off the mark.
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This time, they were slow off the mark.
telltale signs/marks etc
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Here are five telltale signs that the Ego is in command: 1.
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Then skim through your document for their telltale signs.
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Would we allow the police to search the sacred precincts of marital bedrooms for telltale signs of the use of contraceptives?
there is a question mark over sth/a question mark hangs over sth
wide of the mark
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Another is that the view of October as the product of a truly mass-revolutionary movement is not so wide of the mark.
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Few forecasts have been so wide of the mark.
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Housing committee chairman Bill Dixon said Coun Richmond was wide of the mark and each property would only cost £30,000.
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In answer to this, there are cases in which the notion of force feeding is very wide of the mark.
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Jean Powers was not so wide of the mark.
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No, Watson, that is well wide of the mark even for you.
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The report offers no explanation for our figures being wide of the mark.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"What mark did you get?" "B."
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Check the power cord for any burn marks.
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Garvin had scratch marks on the side of her face.
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He had two little marks on his face where his glasses had been.
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His mark on the last test gave him a final average of 88%.
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His shoes had left dirt marks across the carpet.
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Hot cups of tea can make marks on polished tables.
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How did you get that dirty mark on your T-shirt?
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I don't think the tractor came this way - there are no tyre marks in the mud.
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I got full marks in the history test.
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Put a check mark beside each person's name as they come in.
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She came out with the second highest marks in the class.
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She squeezed me so hard, she left a mark on my arm.
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The tape left a mark on the paint.
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There are marks on the door where the cat has scratched it.
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There are marks on the tarmac where the car left the road.
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You have to do the course again if you get low marks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But first harness, tack and carriages had to be spruced up to ensure top marks for turnout.
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By the marks in the sand, it had been felled by a falcon, which made a meal of its flesh.
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Caught me bending was nearer the mark .
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During this third movement, an adagio, the land also developed stretch marks.
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He instantly made his mark with a series of books based on the classics.
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It would provide the maximum area of water within the engineering constraints and would be broadly equivalent to mean high water mark .
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Now, though, the irony is wearing off; they don't even bother to put their antics in quotation marks.
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The mark fell as low as 72. 41 yen.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
clearly
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Look for details on delivery charges, they should be clearly marked in all ads.
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The radio controls are rather low in the center of the dash but are large and marked clearly enough.
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They are clearly marked on the map from the campsite.
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The text flowed into neat columns, with any excess clearly marked , ready to be moved to a jump page.
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The Daemonettes have the symbol of Slaanesh clearly marked on their foreheads.
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Trays are clearly marked with patient name and room number. 2.
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All books and possessions, should be clearly marked with the owner's name and class.
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In January, the teams finally ended their drawn-out discussions with a map that clearly marks the boundary.
particularly
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These patterns are particularly marked in the humanities and social sciences, where women are numerically stronger.
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The tendency of bureaucrats to take a dim view of whistle-blowers is particularly marked in the military.
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The lack of social contact between the predominantly local working class and the predominantly newcomer middle class can be particularly marked .
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The differences between authorities are particularly marked in the case of special education.
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The Godalming College entry was marked particularly high for clarity and student participation.
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There are two childhood memories that particularly marked her.
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This was particularly marked amongst the organized working class.
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This is particularly marked on the matter of the last major international crisis faced by this country, the Gulf war.
■ NOUN
anniversary
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Surely it would not have cost the council a fortune to mount a modest event to mark this anniversary .
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Residents had mixed feelings about marking the anniversary of the bombing of the federal building here.
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That was at the Ambassador's reception to mark the anniversary of the October Revolution.
beginning
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This date was adopted by various countries as marking the beginning of the year.
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The slight improvements in the eighteenth century are important because they mark the beginning of the downward trend.
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It marked the beginning of the London Stock Exchange and an international trading boom for Britain.
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The Gulf war could instead mark the beginning of a kind of Western perestroika.
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Vienne marked the beginning of the papacy's long exile in Avignon.
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However, 1983 also marked the beginning of severe destabilization.
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Puberty Puberty marks the biological beginning of adult life.
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It marked the beginning of Richard's association with Aquitaine.
boundary
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Like the Rhine it also marked a boundary for the Romans; beyond it - unknowable nomads!
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That point is marked by a sharp boundary known as the Mohorovicic discontinuity, or Moho.
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The horse would walk up that and that was how they marked the boundaries .
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In January, the teams finally ended their drawn-out discussions with a map that clearly marks the boundary .
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It marks the boundary of the parish of Langtom Matravers.
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The Bann marks the boundary between the diocese of Armagh and the diocese of Dromore.
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The magnetopause marks the inner boundary of the agitated region which itself is called the magnetosheath.
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These great trees that mark old boundaries are still deep in their dark phase.
card
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One problem which proved far greater than anticipated was where no option was marked on the screening card .
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She followed baseball and taught my brothers how to mark a score card .
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This is always an exciting time and I have tried to mark your card with ten horses to follow.
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Finally, you have to mark your card to show when to change colour.
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You mark the card when you want to start a new colour.
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She would then mark on the appropriate card the large task accomplished.
celebration
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One group of villagers are so delighted they're holding a celebration to mark the best harvest in years.
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The celebration marks a recognition by leaders here that the Navy is an important part of the community, said Rear Adm.
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Birmingham on 1 and 2 August 1838 saw a celebration to mark the end of apprenticeship.
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Weekend celebrations to mark the end of military rule had led to violent clashes between police and demonstrators.
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Kaskelot is one of the main features over a weekend of celebrations to mark 200 years of canals.
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She was fêted at celebrations to mark the Equal Franchise Act of 1928.
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It was all part of the celebrations to mark the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of war.Elizabeth O'Reilly reports.
ceremony
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Possibly for ceremonies marking the annual seasons but no one can be sure.
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They would stay with the building until topping out, the traditional ceremony that marks the completion of the steel skeleton.
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A ceremony was held to mark the occasion and's widow is pictured planting the tree with managing director.
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The ceremonies will mark more the end of a process than its beginning.
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The wedding ceremony publicly marks the beginning of commitment to another through marriage.
change
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If that offer is serious, it will mark a radical change in policy.
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To hold otherwise would mark a drastic change in our understanding of the Constitution.
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The choice of land disposal marks a change of heart for Strathclyde's sewerage director, Prof Tom Anderson.
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Time can mark changes as it had with herself.
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The opening of the Springfield Works not only marked a change of base but also a change of direction for the company.
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Mundo de siete pozos marks a change of direction, but not a reversal of attitudes.
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The February attack could mark a change of tactics which will really threaten the regime if there is an escalation.
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That marked a change for the company based in the Chatsworth section of Los Angeles.
difference
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The debate was to mark a lasting difference between East and West.
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We were drawn together partly be-cause of, not in spite of, the marked differences in our personalities.
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The basic convention underlying all fiction marks its difference from fact.
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This isolation, like the isolation in terrestrial evolution, breeds variety and marked differences .
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Bands lack formal leaders, so there are no marked economic differences or disparities in status among their members.
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That is what marks the enormous valuational difference between organisms and persons.
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Perhaps this marks the single biggest difference between Marxist Socialism, and Empirical Socialism as it is now practised.
end
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Then, to mark the end of the service, three enormous thunder-flashes were let off in the rear gatehouse.
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The changes mark the end of an era for the long-embattled agency and for the institutions it helped.
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Motherhood replaced marriage as the occasion for leaving paid work and seldom marked the end of a woman's labour force membership.
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June 30 would mark the end of the triennial contract cycle that had punctuated labor-management relations in the copper industry since midcentury.
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Their arrival marked the end of policies that limited women to medical and musical units.
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That night, a torchlight procession through the city marked the end of the day.
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Its destruction marred the prince's reputation, and it marked the end of his military career.
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This appears to publicly mark a very belated end to an act of cultural vandalism that began nearly 60 years ago.
increase
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Book illustration is a field marked by sharp increases in price over the last two decades.
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The 1995 total marked the second annual increase in a row and exceeded five million for the first time in three years.
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The figures mark a tremendous increase in recycling, from one-in-two cans four years ago to today's rate of two-in-three.
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The depression of 1884 was marked by a large increase in the number of wedding rings pawned.
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Not all data on hip fractures show marked increases in winter.
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All are agreed that this escalation of the 36-year-long civil war will mean a marked increase in deaths.
map
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What are the names of the main cities marked on the map ?
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The geologist records this by marking on a map the dip and strike of the beds wherever they outcrop.
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They are clearly marked on the map from the campsite.
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It was marked on a map dated 1648 and according to local reports was a working mill until 1900.
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An hour later they were halted in their tracks by a cataract not marked on the map .
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From an atlas find the names of the towns marked on the map as the more desirable dormitory towns.
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It is clearly marked on the map recommended for use with this, and the field guide.
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The track - optimistically marked on the map as Daleside Road - edged through a final gate and on to the road.
occasion
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To mark the occasion Newtownards mayor Wilbert Magill will be officiating at the ceremony.
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He marked the occasion with a quiet dinner with Brand and teammate Cuttino Mobley.
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Clwyd's Euro Week starts today with a special edition of Clwyd Connections published to mark the occasion by the county council.
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The following books are either now in stores or will soon be released to mark the occasion .
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The 1992 Richmond Meet is being marked as a historic occasion by having the first female Meet president.
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Y., wore her Sunday best, a floral dress, to mark the occasion .
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It seemed not to seek to impose itself but merely to mark the occasion .
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Thirty-three years on, his fans gathered there to mark the occasion , and Aileen Taylor was with them.
place
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In the adjoining Garden on the Ramparts stand two obelisks marking the place where the victims of the Defenestration fell in 1618.
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I never really marked off a place for myself within the family.
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The Subject is the category that marks the place that the individual must fill to be constituted as a subject.
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Error marks the place where education begins.
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The crosses in the pavement mark their place of execution.
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She keeps her finger marking her place in her book.
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Cut out the collage pieces and position them on the backing and mark their places lightly with a pencil.
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I mark the place where you are buried so that you will always find your way.
point
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Continue to the Bruce's Stone which commemorates the battle of 13-7 marking the turning point in Robert the Bruce's fortunes.
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It marked the point where the solid rock of the mantle changed into molten iron.
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Crises often mark turning points in overall patterns of policy development, because the consequences of alternative decisions can be momentous.
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Employment security is going through one of those fundamental redefinitions that marks a societal turning point .
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When you're happy with the layout, mark your starting point clearly on the floor, ready for the tiles.
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A megalith marks a convergence point of Icy lines.
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At any rate, Mary Leapor's friendship with Bridget Freemantle marks a turning point in her life.
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This fact is recorded on a building in Eastgate where a plaque marks the exact point of the Greenwich Meridian.
position
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It is a good idea to paint floorboards to mark the position of pipes and cables.
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Many writing on the mid-seventeenth century at present would legitimately claim that I have marked out these positions too exclusively.
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This screen is set to display embedded markers which mark the position of tabs, carriage returns and text attributes.
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Rehang the door, then mark the position on the door frame of the striker plate.
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In figure 4.19 V1 marks the position of Venus at launch.
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This comes in useful when the time comes to mark the position of the mortises.
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In either case, you will have to find the ceiling joists and mark their positions on the wall.
shift
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It was decisive, in that it was marked by a shift in the character of the student body.
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A border is a dividing line marking an abrupt shift between two separate, sometimes antagonistic, entities.
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And such changes mark a decisive shift away from local democracy.
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Between 1988 and 2000, the workforce will undergo a marked shift .
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The Act marks the most significant shift in direction of the education service since that of 1944.
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This specifically educational definition has of course continued, but its adoption by artists marks a significant shift .
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The move appears to mark a significant shift in Government policy.
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It marks a decisive shift on the part of the Sri Lankan government to sacrifice self-reliance for the possibility of increased foreign revenues.
speech
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Every profession has its in-group speech , which marks the professional and maintains solidarity.
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The speech marked Ventura's decision to withdraw into Minnesota politics following his unsuccessful flirtations with bigger ambitions.
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Flags at half-mast, commemorative wreaths, speeches and Solemn music marked the day.
spot
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Flowers yesterday marked the spot where Mr Reed died.
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And I marked out the spots .
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The slip knot should be marked with a spot of colour on the line.
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They marked the spots and checked to be sure the radios were working, then let the turtles go.
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Two stones, standing vertically, mark the spot .
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He returned the ball to the marked spot on the fairway and pulled a club from the bag.
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All that remained was the odd burnt-out farmhouse to mark the spot where civilisation had once existed.
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Pilots of the planes had planned to drop bouquets, funeral wreaths and a smoke flare to mark the spot .
stage
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Three poems mark the stages of this journey which is psychological as well as aesthetic.
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Today is particularly important because it marks the three-quarter stage of a very significant goal achievement.
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But such sentences can be seen as marking a stage in linguistic growth.
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It marks the half way stage in the itinerary and the half way stage in the narrative.
start
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For obvious reasons, laser beams or submerged fluorescent wires can not be used to mark the start line.
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At the foot of the park a rainbow of balloons marks the start of the parade.
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If any one date marks the start of the first Indochina war, it might be that day.
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It has proved to be a great success - and it marked the start of the Garrison revival.
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It also marked the start of a full-court press on the federal government.
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I have marked the start of my class definitions with a comment to help you locate the code.
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Tuesday, a groundbreaking ceremony at the bridge will mark the start of the first $ 35 million phase of the project.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
X marks the spot
a black mark (against sb)
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It is almost impossible to borrow money if you have any black marks against you.
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A mini-breakdown was less of a black mark than a criminal record if he should ever choose to emigrate.
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Incidentally, Willoughby, you've earned yourself a black mark for that little trouble.
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Irina had put a black mark against him with Rakovsky.
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It would be a good mark, not a black mark.
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The exam league tables have also been given a black mark by teaching unions.
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The outcome will be recorded but the finding does not constitute a black mark on the record of the officer involved.
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Why is not immediately obvious but sufficiently worrying to put a black mark against the program.
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You get a black mark next to your name that may show up in your next evaluation.
gas mark 4/5/6 etc
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Place pan in a preheated hot oven 200 °C gas mark 6.
marked man/woman
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But Chennault was a marked man.
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Ever since his luncheon with Katherine Fisher, Jim had felt like a marked man whenever he was in the office complex.
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From that time he was dedicated, a marked man.
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He thus became a marked man.
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In his defence, Souness believes his no-nonsense approach has made him a marked man.
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It was well known that the younger Beaumont twin was a marked man.
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Mark Gallagher - marked man today Much ado about nothing!
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Without Young, forward Andy Poppink is a marked man.
sb's card is marked
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Your card is marked, Jimbo.
slow off the mark
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Diesels are condemned by some for being too slow off the mark.
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This time, they were slow off the mark.
telltale signs/marks etc
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Here are five telltale signs that the Ego is in command: 1.
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Then skim through your document for their telltale signs.
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Would we allow the police to search the sacred precincts of marital bedrooms for telltale signs of the use of contraceptives?
there is a question mark over sth/a question mark hangs over sth
wide of the mark
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Another is that the view of October as the product of a truly mass-revolutionary movement is not so wide of the mark.
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Few forecasts have been so wide of the mark.
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Housing committee chairman Bill Dixon said Coun Richmond was wide of the mark and each property would only cost £30,000.
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In answer to this, there are cases in which the notion of force feeding is very wide of the mark.
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Jean Powers was not so wide of the mark.
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No, Watson, that is well wide of the mark even for you.
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The report offers no explanation for our figures being wide of the mark.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A barbed wire fence marks the boundary between the two communities.
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A firework display was organized to mark the Queen's birthday.
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He had marked the route in red.
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He put a slip of paper in his book to mark his page.
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Her shoes marked the floor.
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I'll just mark the one I want in the catalog.
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It is a potentially fatal illness, marked by internal bleeding.
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Michael gave us a map of the city and marked some places of interest to visit.
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Mrs Parry, have you marked our tests yet?
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Put the lid on your pen so it doesn't mark the tablecloth.
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The album marks a change in Young's musical style.
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The celebration marked the 100th anniversary of the staging of the modern Olympic Games.
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The church marks the spot where St Peter died.
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The examiners who marked her A-level paper were very lenient and gave her a pass.
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The linoleum marks easily.
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The meeting was marked by bitter exchanges between the two sides.
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This year marks the company's 50th anniversary.
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Two shiny bronze plaques marked the former entrance to the palace.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For a moment there came flickering into his mind the memory of a list - nine names marked for death.
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It marked the end of the possibility of an attitude of withdrawal for the papacy.
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Like the rings on a tree that mark the years, some measures remain, resulting in a gradual buildup of security.
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The Gingrich investigation lasted two years and was marked by extraordinary partisan wrangling.
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The success rates for two tasks differing only in the lengths of the rod shown is again marked.
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This time it was to mark a milestone in the history of exploration.