chapter

chapter: noun

1 part of a book

ADJECTIVE

▪ first, introductory, opening

▪ concluding, final, last

CHAPTER + VERB

▪ be entitled sth, be titled sth

▪ address sth, contain sth, cover sth, deal with sth, describe sth, discuss sth, examine sth, explore, present sth, provide sth

▪ This chapter covers money and banking.

▪ detail sth, focus on sth

VERB + CHAPTER

▪ read

▪ I read the first few chapters and then got bored.

▪ write

▪ dedicate, devote

▪ The author devotes two chapters to language acquisition.

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the chapter

▪ His influence on other writers will be discussed in the next chapter.

▪ chapter about, chapter on

▪ a chapter on the city's architecture

2 particular period

ADJECTIVE

▪ difficult, sad, unhappy

▪ Her return to Kansas ended a particularly unhappy chapter in her life.

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