noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ barrel , big , broad , huge , manly , massive , muscled , muscular , powerful , strong
▪ narrow
▪ flat
▪
She wears loose clothes to hide her flat ~.
▪ bare , naked
▪ hairy
▪ hairless , smooth
▪ bad ( BrE ), tight , weak ( esp. BrE )
▪ lower , upper
VERB + CHEST
▪ clutch , clutch at
▪
Clutching his ~ in agony, he fell to the ground.
▪ beat , pound , thump
▪
‘You need to have courage,’ he said, thumping his ~.
▪ puff , puff out
▪
He puffed out his ~ proudly.
▪ shave , wax
CHEST + VERB
▪ expand , heave , rise and fall
▪ puff , puff out , puff up , swell
▪
His ~ puffed out with indignation at the suggestion.
▪
His ~ swelled with pride as he accepted the award.
▪ constrict ( esp. AmE ), tighten
▪
Her ~ tightened with fear.
▪ ache , burn
▪
She ran until her ~ ached.
CHEST + NOUN
▪ discomfort , pain , tightness
▪ injury , wound
▪ complaint ( BrE ), condition ( BrE ), disease , infection , problems
▪ radiograph , X-ray
▪ clinic
▪ muscles
▪ hair
▪ area , cavity
PREPOSITION
▪ in the/your ~
▪
She was hit in the ~ by two of the bullets.
▪ on the/your ~
▪
the hairs on his ~
▪ to the/your ~
▪
He suffered burns to the ~ and neck.
▪
She clutched her baby tightly to her ~.