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A n gen, Miner craie f ; a stick ou piece of chalk un bâton de craie ; on chalk Hort sur un sol crayeux.B modif1 gen, Art [drawing] à la craie ; chalk mark ( on blackboard) trace de craie ; Sewing repère à la craie ;2 [cliff, landscape] de craie ;3 Geol [layer, period] crétacé.C vtr1 ( write) écrire [qch] à la craie ;2 ( apply chalk to) frotter [qch] avec de la craie.not by a long chalk ○ ! loin de là ○ ! ; not to be able to tell chalk from cheese ne pas savoir reconnaître un chat d'un chien ; to be as different as chalk and cheese être comme le jour et la nuit ; to be as white as chalk être blanc comme un linge.■ chalk out:▶ chalk out [sth], chalk [sth] out tracer [qch] à la craie [line, map].■ chalk up:▶ chalk [sth] up, chalk up [sth] lit, fig marquer [score, points] ; chalk them up to me, barman ○ marquez-les sur mon compte, barman ○ ; chalk it up to experience la prochaine fois vous saurez.
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