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Definition
Coach; trainer, especially one who trains athletes or sports skills.
neutralsportspeople
How it's used
Refers specifically to someone providing professional instruction in sports or physical activities. While it can apply to personal trainers in a gym, it is also the standard term for a coach of a sports team or a private tutor for a specific skill like swimming or driving.
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My coach is very strict, always telling me to practice a few more times.
Which coach did you find to teach you how to swim?
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
