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1 chalk up
chalk [sth.] up, chalk up [sth.] segnare, conquistare [score, points]* * *vt + advscrivere col gesso, (fig: success) ottenere, (victory) riportare* * *chalk [sth.] up, chalk up [sth.] segnare, conquistare [score, points] -
2 ■ chalk up
■ chalk upv. t. + avv.2 conseguire, ottenere ( un risultato, un guadagno, ecc.); ( sport e fig.) totalizzare: to chalk up ten victories, totalizzare dieci vittorie4 – to chalk up to, attribuire a ( una causa); dare la colpa, dare il merito (di qc.) a □ to chalk st. up to experience, considerare qc. ( di spiacevole) come un'esperienza (o come lezione salutare).
См. также в других словарях:
chalk something up to experience — put sth down to exˈperience idiom (also chalk sth up to exˈperience) used to say that sb should think of a failure as being sth that they can learn from • We lost a lot of money, but we just put it down to experience. Main entry: ↑ex … Useful english dictionary
chalk — chalk1 [tʃo:k US tʃo:k] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: cealc, from Latin calx LIME12 , from Greek chalix small stone ] 1.) soft white or grey rock formed a long time ago from the shells of small sea animals = ↑limestone ▪ chalk cliffs 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
chalk — 1 noun (U) 1 soft white or grey rock formed a long time ago from the shells of small sea animals; limestone: chalk hills 2 also chalks (plural) small sticks of this substance, white or coloured, used for writing or drawing: a box of coloured… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
chalk — chalk1 [ tʃɔk ] noun uncount a type of soft white stone a. count or uncount a stick of white or colored chalk, used for writing or drawing, especially on a chalkboard chalk chalk 2 [ tʃɔk ] verb transitive to write or draw something with chalk:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
chalk — /tʃɔk / (say chawk) noun 1. Geology a soft, white, pure limestone consisting of calcareous fossilised skeletal fragments of microscopic algae. 2. a prepared piece of chalk or chalklike substance, especially calcium sulphate, for marking. 3. a… …
chalk something up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms chalk something up : present tense I/you/we/they chalk something up he/she/it chalks something up present participle chalking something up past tense chalked something up past participle chalked something up… … English dictionary
chalk it up to — conclude that it is..., attribute it to... You tried and you failed. Chalk it up to experience. Learn from it … English idioms
Chalk (TV series) — Chalk Opening title. A crane shot descends outside of Galfast High. Format Sitcom Written by Steven Moffat … Wikipedia
chalk up — v. 1) (d; tr.) to chalk up against (to chalk up ten victories against two defeats) 2) (D; tr.) to chalk up for (to chalk up another victory for our team) 3) (d; tr.) to chalk up to (to chalk up smt. up to lack of experience) * * * [ tʃɔːk ʌp] (D; … Combinatory dictionary
Chalk-Bag — Kletterer beim Griff in den Sack Ein Magnesiasack, Magnesiabeutel oder englisch Chalk Bag, in größerer Ausführung auch Pot genannt, ist ein kleiner Sack, gefüllt mit Magnesia für den Gebrauch beim Sportklettern. Der Sack ist für den Transport… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Chalk Bag — Kletterer beim Griff in den Sack Ein Magnesiasack, Magnesiabeutel oder englisch Chalk Bag, in größerer Ausführung auch Pot genannt, ist ein kleiner Sack, gefüllt mit Magnesia für den Gebrauch beim Sportklettern. Der Sack ist für den Transport… … Deutsch Wikipedia
