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noun bus for longer journeys ADJ. express | private | luxury | air-conditioned VERB + COACH go by, travel by | board, get on | get off | drive | hire COACH + NOUN station | driver | holiday, journey, tour, trip | travel | party | company | service PREP. by ~ They are planning to tour the United States by coach. | in/on a/the ~ large carriage pulled by horses ADJ. royal VERB + COACH drive | ride in COACH + VERB drive COACH + NOUN road This is the old coach road. | house PHRASES a coach and four/six (= a coach and four/six horses) a gateway wide enough for a coach and four to drive through | a coach and horses person who trains people in sport, etc. ADJ. good, successful, top a top football coach | professional | chief, head | assistant | national | club | athletics, basketball, football, tennis, etc. | sports | acting, drama, voiceJOB
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coachtypes of coach a football/basketball/tennis etc coach • Jody became the women’s basketball coach. the head coach (= the coach in charge of a team )• Jim is head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. an assistant coach • He took a job as an assistant coach at the college. a national coach (= for a team that represents a whole country )• Davies was the national coach up to the 1995 World Cup. the team coach • He’s the youth team coach. a top coach (= a very good one )• He’s one of America’s top coaches. a professional coach (= one whose job is teaching a sport )• The tennis club has a professional coach. coach 2types of coach an express coach (= travelling quickly without stopping much )• Express coach services run throughout the day. a passenger coach • The company had thirty-five new passenger coaches. a tourist coach • A huge number of tourist coaches visit the site. an air-conditioned coach • Travel is by air-conditioned coach. verbs go/travel by coach • We spent three days travelling by coach across France. get on/get off a coach • A group of tourists were getting on the coach. board a coach formal (= get on one )• When everyone was there, we boarded the coach for the journey home. coach + NOUN a coach trip • The two-night coach trip to Paris will cost £149. a coach tour • How about going on a coach tour around Europe this year? a coach excursion (= a relatively short coach journey to visit a place )• There are coach excursions to the great classical site at Ephesus. a coach party (= a group of people who travel by coach )• We’re organizing a coach party to the theatre. a coach driver • He worked as a part-time coach driver. a coach station • You will go from Victoria Coach Station to Amsterdam. a coach service • Our express coach service goes to the South of France and Costa Brava. coach travel • The advantage of coach travel is that it’s relatively cheap.
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