Collocations for "chapter"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "chapter" in context.
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chapter
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a chapter of the [book, best seller, Koran, Torah, Bible, New Testament, Old Testament]
- the [opening, first, third, last, final, closing] chapter (of)
- The book has [nine] chapters.
- [mentioned, contained] in a chapter of the [book]
- [mark, bookmark] the [current, present] chapter
- the chapter concludes [with, by, in]
- the chapter [begins, ends, starts] (with)
- has only [written, completed] [two] chapters
- I'm (only) [on, up to] the [fourth] chapter.
- I'm (only) [on] chapter four.
- got [lost, bored, confused] after the [third] chapter
- idiom: (can) quote it chapter and verse
- the [next, coming] chapter in [our life, the adventure]
- [began, started] a new chapter in her life
- the [final, closing] chapter of [the regime, his life]
- wrote a new chapter in [politics, the sport, her life]
- marked a new chapter [in history, of the war]
- the [local, regional] chapter of (the Red Cross)
- her first chapter book
- just started reading chapter books
'chapter' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):