Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Chalk"

A: I think this is a nonstandard use of "chalk up", and here it simply means to write or create. The politicians created laws that benefited themselves.
Normally, "chalk up: means:
1) to give as the reason for something. "I chalked up his failure to his inexperience" or "We chalked up the poor attendance to the bad weather".
2) to achieve something. "The team has chalked up victory after victory this season" or "She chalked up more sales this quarter than any other employee".

A: to chalk up = to explain with _____, the root cause was ______, to blame bc of _____. for example: the water is polluted, which we can chalk up to the factories nearby.

2, misdirected: don't know what's right, lost, lacking clear goals / beliefs, etc

3. that's the easy way out = that's not the real answer, it's something that seems simple but is not true. So believing it would be simple and easy, and you'd be done thinking about it, so you'd be "out", but really there is a deeper, more complicated truth. other example, cheating on homework is an easy way out. ignoring something instead of understanding it is an easy way out, etc

A: many ignored it/brushed it off

A: To "chalk" something up here means to add something to a list, like writing a tally mark for how many gray days there have been. This meaning is a little less common, and you'll usually see it used to explain one thing with another, "They lost the game, but I'll just chalk it up to them having a new coach."

A: Chalks means to mark, or post, or to record.

We use "chalks up" in English most commonly in sports.
Example
"This year the Giants were able to chalk up 100 wins"

Chalks is past tense to add another of something, usually a win to the complete number of totals wins.

A: There's not many "daily" expressions because "chalk" is not a word that you use daily.
"The children like to use colored chalk and draw on the sidewalk"
"My school ran out of white chalk for the blackboards today"

A: I know you're upset about failing your exam, but just chalk it up to experience and try harder next time!

A: I used chalk to write her name on the blackboard

A: piece of chalk explains how many chalks are there example
Q: how many chalks do you have?
A: i have a p͟i͟e͟c͟e͟ o͟f͟ c͟h͟a͟l͟k͟

And a chalk explains the object like its a chalk example

Q: what do you have
A: I have α chαlk

A: They all have the same meaning. The method of recording your win is the difference.
In literal terms, you use a chalk board to keep the score/your wins. In pool/snooker they often have a rack with sliding indicators to keep score. Notch I'm assuming means scratch it into a wall or other surface.

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A: Like the first part of chocolate.
(Choc)olate. Or like walk but with a ch instead of w.

A: “Chalk” has the ch sound, so you use your teeth to say it. “Talk” starts with ‘t’ so your tongue should touch the roof of your mouth when you pronounce it. You don’t have to use your teeth to say “talk”

A: I have three different (colors of/colored) chalk. But I don't want to use this color.

(They're all colored, so "this colored one" doesn't feel like it specifies anything)

A: Great question!

Chalk is just a kind of soft rock. Try googling 'natural chalk.' You will see many different sized pieces. Looking at those pictures, can you say what "one chalk" is? Is it one bucket of chalk? One handful of chalk? One chunk of chalk? A little nugget of chalk? No one knows what "one chalk" is, so it's uncountable.

Nowadays, chalk almost always comes in sticks, so we say a stick of chalk.

A: There is chalk graffiti on the pavement in the park.

A: No! I just wanted to try the phrases "chalk and chese" and "night and day".