ADJ
- dirty, grease, greasy, grubby
- visible
- distinguishing, identifying
- Does he have any distinguishing marks?
- chalk, pencil
- bite, burn, claw, finger (also fingermark), scorch, scratch, scuff, skid, stretch, tyre
VERB + MARK
- get
- How did you get that mark on your shirt?
- leave, make
- The dirty water left a mark round the side of the bath
- get off/out, remove
- I can't get the children's dirty fingermarks off the wall
MARK + VERB
- come off/out
- These greasy marks just won't come out
PREP
- ~ on
- There were grubby marks on the wall
ADJ
- deep, indelible, permanent
- The experience left a deep mark on her memory
- real
- the real mark of a master craftsman
PREP
- ~ of
- Such thoughtful behaviour is the mark of a true gentleman
ADJ
- good, high
- bad, low, poor
- full
- I got full marks for my homework
- top
- pass
- What's the pass mark in maths?
- total
- average
VERB + MARK
- get
- give sb
- take off
- She took off a mark for bad handwriting
- gain
- lose
PREP
- above … ~s, below … ~s
- If you get below 40 marks, you're not allowed to go up into the next class
- ~ for
- You get two marks for each correct answer. a good mark for geography
- ~ out of
- How many marks out of ten would you give it?
ADJ
- halfway
- We've reached the halfway mark in the show
- high-water, low-water, tide
VERB + MARK
- set
- reach
- pass
- This year's sales figures have already passed the mark set last year
- fall short of
PREP
- above the ~, around the ~
- around the £500 mark
- at a/the ~
- The river was at its low-water mark
- below the ~, up to the ~
- (= as good as sb/sth should be) Your grammar is not quite up to the mark
VERB + MARK
- find, hit
- The shot found its mark
- miss
PHRASES
- wide of the mark (figurative)
- Shock tactics often fall wide of their mark
ADV
- clearly
- My room was clearly marked on the plan
- carefully
- She carefully marked where the screws were to go
- indelibly
- One way of protecting your valuables is to mark them indelibly with an identifying code
PREP
- as
- Certain words were marked as important
- for
- Some of the crates were marked for export
- in
- Mark the position of all the building sites in black
- on
- All buildings are marked on the map
- with
- The boundary was marked with a dotted line
ADV
- badly, deeply
- The paperweight had fallen onto the desk, badly marking the surface. (figurative) The town is still deeply marked by the folk memory of the Depression
ADV
- effectively
- conveniently
- 'Lyrical Ballads' conveniently marks the beginning of nineteenth-century poetry
- publicly
- The wedding ceremony publicly marks the beginning of commitment to another through marriage
VERB + MARK
- appear to, seem to
- This speech appears to mark a change in government policy
