I.
noun
1 spot/line
ADJECTIVE
▪ dirty , grubby
▪ visible
▪ distinguishing , identifying
▪
Does he have any distinguishing ~s?
▪ chalk , pencil
▪ finger (usually fingermark ) , scuff , skid , tyre/tire
▪ bite , burn , claw , puncture , scorch , scratch , slash , stretch , tooth
▪
There were two small puncture ~s on her arm.
VERB + MARK
▪ get
▪
How did you get that ~ on your shirt?
▪ leave , make
▪
The dirty water left a ~ around the side of the bathtub.
▪ get off , get out , remove
▪
I can't get the children's dirty fingermarks off the wall.
MARK + VERB
▪ come off , come out
▪
These greasy ~s just won't come out.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
There were grubby ~s on the wall.
2 sign of a quality/feeling
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , indelible , permanent
▪
The experience left a deep ~ on her memory.
▪ real
▪
the real ~ of a master craftsman
VERB + MARK
▪ bear , have
▪ leave
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
Such thoughtfulness is the ~ of a true gentleman.
PHRASES
▪ as a ~ of respect , make your ~ (= have an impact)
▪
Women are continuing to make their ~ in business.
3 ( esp. BrE ) used to show the standard of sb's work
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , high
▪ bad , low , poor
▪ full
▪
I got full ~s for my homework.
▪ top
▪ pass ( BrE )
▪
What's the pass ~ in chemistry?
▪ total
▪ average
VERB + MARK
▪ get , receive
▪ deserve
▪
The festival organizers deserve high ~s. ( figurative )
▪ give sb
▪ deduct
▪
Marks are deducted for incorrect spelling.
▪ gain
▪ lose
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
You get two ~s for each correct answer.
▪
a good ~ for geography
▪ ~ out of
▪
How many ~s out of ten would you give it?
4 level of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ halfway
▪
We've reached the halfway ~ in the show.
▪ tide (usually tidemark )
▪ high-tide , low-tide
▪ high-water , low-water
▪ $10 million , £2 billion , 30-minute , etc.
▪
Spending has now reached the $1 million ~.
▪
By the film's 30-minute ~, most of the audience have lost the plot.
VERB + MARK
▪ set
▪ approach , near
▪
Their relationship was approaching the two-year ~.
▪ reach
▪ break , pass , surpass
▪
This year's sales figures have already passed the ~ set last year.
▪ fall short of
PREPOSITION
▪ above the ~ , below the ~
▪ around the ~
▪
around the $500 ~
▪ at a/the ~
▪
The river was at its low-water ~.
▪ up to the ~ (= as good as sb/sth should be)
▪
Your grammar is not quite up to the ~.
5 target
ADJECTIVE
▪ easy
VERB + MARK
▪ find , hit
▪
The shot found its ~.
▪ miss , overshoot
PHRASES
▪ wide of the ~ ( figurative )
▪
Shock tactics often fall wide of their ~.
II.
verb
1 write/draw sth
ADVERB
▪ clearly
▪
My room was clearly ~ed on the plan.
▪ carefully
▪
She carefully ~ed where the screws were to go.
▪ indelibly , permanently
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
Certain words were ~ed as important.
▪ for
▪
Some of the crates were ~ed for export.
▪ in
▪
Mark the position of all the building sites in black.
▪ on
▪
All buildings are ~ed on the map.
▪ with
▪
The boundary was ~ed with a dotted line.
2 affect sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ indelibly , permanently
▪
Christianity has indelibly ~ed the culture and consciousness of Europe.
▪ deeply
▪
The town is still deeply ~ed by the memory of the Depression.
3 be a sign of sth
ADVERB
▪ effectively
▪ officially
▪
Members of the club officially ~ed the occasion with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
▪ publicly
▪
The wedding ceremony publicly ~s the beginning of commitment to another through marriage.
VERB + MARK
▪ appear to , seem to
▪
This speech appears to ~ a change in government policy.
Mark is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ arrow , ↑ ceremony , ↑ festival , ↑ line , ↑ march , ↑ plaque , ↑ sign , ↑ year
Mark is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ anniversary , ↑ appearance , ↑ arrival , ↑ ballot , ↑ beginning , ↑ birthday , ↑ border , ↑ boundary , ↑ box , ↑ centenary , ↑ climax , ↑ completion , ↑ culmination , ↑ dawn , ↑ death , ↑ departure , ↑ difference , ↑ disapproval , ↑ edge , ↑ emergence , ↑ end , ↑ entrance , ↑ envelope , ↑ epoch , ↑ era , ↑ event , ↑ exam , ↑ grave , ↑ homework , ↑ inauguration , ↑ launch , ↑ line , ↑ milestone , ↑ occasion , ↑ onset , ↑ opening , ↑ paper , ↑ passage , ↑ passing , ↑ perimeter , ↑ period , ↑ phase , ↑ place , ↑ progress , ↑ retirement , ↑ return , ↑ reversal , ↑ shift , ↑ spot , ↑ stage , ↑ start , ↑ stress , ↑ territory , ↑ test , ↑ transition , ↑ turn , ↑ turning point , ↑ watershed