Key and Mark

Key

Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.

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Mark and key are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mark" instead a noun "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

Mark noun - A person or thing that is made fun of.

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Key and mark are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Key" instead a noun "Mark".

Nearby Words: marked, marker, marking, marksman, markup

old	old key	old mark
low	low key	low mark
special	special key	special mark
similar	similar key	similar mark
Other adjectives: certain, original, true, single, small, real, large, big, bad, important, white, new, glowing, final, yellow, strange, last, different, giant, red.

Whenever anyone tells me they're a smart mark, I say, "Yeah, but the key word there, still, is that you're a mark."

Source: Smart Mark
Both also have key character development at about the 20 minute mark, confidence wise.

Source: Film / Sucker Punch
Rule of Symbolism: Ian describes how they managed to Time Travel by usage of the key metaphor: "We unlocked the past." Muckle-mooth Meg also relays part of Anna's prophecy as "you will mark the end of an age with the turn of a key".

Source: Literature / In the Keep of Time

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