I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a roar/murmur/chorus of approval
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There were murmurs of approval from the crowd.
chorus girl
chorus line
dawn chorus
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
dawn
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Few people have not woken to the sounds of the dawn chorus nor seen moths drawn to artificial lights as daylight fades.
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Having heard the evening chorus , I want to hear the dawn chorus as well.
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So do the birds that form the dawn chorus at Wayland.
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When I wake early to the dawn chorus , I turn my face into my pillow, hoping to prolong the dream.
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In woodland we stood and listened to the vociferous dawn chorus .
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The first birds were waking; the dawn chorus began.
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Day Six: With a salute from the dawn chorus , your cruiser leaves at 6.30am and heads back to Cologne.
girl
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Charlie was dancing with Madge again, and with one of the chorus girls called Isabel.
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She was not a good dancer, just a dancer, just a chorus girl .
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The chorus girls kissed him on the cheek for gratitude and the men smiled and said thank you.
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She apparently earned a little extra at weekends, by singing incognito as a chorus girl in somewhat shady theaters.
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She thought of the noise of the lodging houses with the chorus girls shrieking at each other and larking in the corridors.
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The chorus girls had taken to calling her Duchess, and Stephen they called the Duke.
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Those nights the chorus girls all kissed him goodnight on the cheek.
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I wouldn't be a chorus girl , I'd be a singer.
line
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While auditioning for the show, Lloyd Webber met a young dancer from the chorus line , Sarah Brightman.
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It is the equivalent of the Rockettes suddenly stumbling around the stage with a chorus line of all left feet.
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Janet was in the chorus as well as being understudy, and the chorus line would now be as it was before Lisa came.
■ VERB
hear
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I hear you all chorus !!
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Having heard the evening chorus , I want to hear the dawn chorus as well.
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It did a Big Ben chime, and I heard a chorus of kids' shouts from inside.
join
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Doctors, psychiatrists, police and civil servants have now joined a public chorus calling for tough, uniform national laws.
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He said the former president might join the chorus of high-ranking Republicans and former government officials urging Powell to join the ticket.
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Everyone is expected to join in the chorus .
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When he complained about the tax increase, he was joining the whiny chorus of local boys on the Ryder Cup team.
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He admired them duly and was forced to join in with a chorus of auld lang syne downstairs.
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With a glad sigh of relief, I joined the chorus of nods.
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Aylesbury's town mayor has joined the chorus of disapproval.
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State legislators and officials joined the chorus of promoters seeking Reclamation projects....
sing
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Voice trembling slightly, I sang the first chorus , mouth too near the mike, and glided towards the stool.
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What you need to sing in this chorus is a beautiful instrument, strong musical skills, commitment and a good heart.
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He was already beginning to mouth a little of it, picking up phrases sung by the chorus , trying out phonemes.
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She apparently earned a little extra at weekends, by singing incognito as a chorus girl in somewhat shady theaters.
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Class 1 started to sing the opening chorus .
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We have just sung a chorus accompanied by two amplified guitars.
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He had joined the choir school of Notre-Dame and had sung in the chorus of the Opera-Comique.
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They sing a buoyant chorus song and march around the stage whilst performing evolutions.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the dawn chorus
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a 100-voice chorus
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Oslin got her start in the chorus of musicals like "Hello, Dolly!"and "West Side Story."
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The chorus 's singing was excellent, and so was the orchestral playing.
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the Hallelujah Chorus in Handel's Messiah
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the way your chorus backed you up-strong stuff!
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He admired them duly and was forced to join in with a chorus of auld lang syne downstairs.
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Jimmy Carter and George Bush also have joined a growing chorus of eminent senior politicians in the quest for reform.
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Lisa Fennell, in addition to her role in the chorus , was to understudy Désirée.
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That man seemed to know every chorus that had ever been written.
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The chorus produced by hundreds of males can be heard over a mile away.
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The first birds were waking; the dawn chorus began.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"What happened?" they chorused.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Throughout Britain, thousands of teenagers, offered a rude purgative to royal overkill, chorused a noisy amen.