[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.", "a prepared piece of chalk or chalklike substance for marking, as for writing on a blackboard.", "a mark made with chalk.", "a score or tally.", "Sports Slang.the competitor considered most likely to win by the oddsmakers; favorite :If you don’t know anything about either team, just bet the chalk."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to mark or write with chalk.", "to rub over or whiten with chalk.", "to treat or mix with chalk:to chalk a billiard cue.", "to make pale; blanch :Terror chalked her face."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["(of paint) to powder from weathering."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["of, made of, or drawn with chalk."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to score or earn:They chalked up two runs in the first inning.to charge or ascribe to:It was a poor performance, but may be chalked up to lack of practice.", "to score or earn:They chalked up two runs in the first inning.", "to charge or ascribe to:It was a poor performance, but may be chalked up to lack of practice."]}]