coach

entraîneur

Personne qui enseigne un sport et aide à mieux le pratiquer.

En anglais simple : Someone who teaches people a sport and helps them improve.

• Our coach is very patient.
• The coach changed the team before the match.
• Who coached you before you met your current coach?

Synonymes : trainer

Expressions courantes : football coach, team coach, head coach

professeur particulier, coach

Personne qui donne des cours ou des conseils individuels pour préparer une tâche ou améliorer une compétence.

En anglais simple : Someone who gives personal lessons or advice to help you prepare for a task or improve a skill.

• I hired a coach for my interview.
• Her voice coach helped her sing more clearly.
• Do you need a coach to prepare your speech?

Synonymes : tutor, trainer, instructor

Expressions courantes : acting coach, voice coach, interview coach

autocar, voiture de voyageurs

Autocar transportant de nombreux passagers, ou voiture de train équipée de sièges pour les voyageurs.

En anglais simple : A bus for carrying many passengers, or a railway vehicle with passenger seats.

• We travelled there by coach.
• Our seats are in the last coach of the train.
• Several coaches carried the visitors to the museum.

Synonymes : passenger car, bus

Expressions courantes : passenger coach, railway coach, travel by coach

entraîneur, formateur

Personne qui enseigne des compétences et aide à améliorer les résultats.

En anglais simple : Someone who teaches skills and helps people improve their performance.

• The coach showed us a better technique.
• She works as a coach for young performers.
• Several coaches helped the group improve their skills.

Synonymes : trainer, instructor

Expressions courantes : skills coach, performance coach, football coach

autocar

Bus confortable utilisé pour les longs trajets ou loué pour transporter un groupe.

En anglais simple : A comfortable bus used for long journeys or hired to carry a group.

• We went to London by coach.
• The school hired two coaches for the trip.
• Does this coach stop at the airport?

Synonymes : bus, tour bus

Expressions courantes : coach trip, coach hire, travel by coach

carrosse, diligence

Grand véhicule à roues tiré par des chevaux, qui sert à transporter des personnes.

En anglais simple : A large vehicle with wheels, pulled by horses and used to carry people.

• The horses pulled a coach.
• A royal coach waited outside the palace.
• They rode to the inn in a crowded coach.

Synonymes : carriage

Expressions courantes : horse drawn coach, royal coach, coach driver

entraîner

Apprendre à une personne ou à une équipe à mieux pratiquer un sport.

En anglais simple : To teach a person or team how to play a sport better.

• She coaches our football team.
• He coached young players for ten years.
• Would you like to coach basketball at our school?

Comment l'utiliser : coach someone in something (He coaches children in tennis.)

Synonymes : train, teach

Expressions courantes : coach a team, coach tennis, coach young players

préparer, former

Aider personnellement quelqu’un à réussir un examen, un travail ou à bien gérer une situation.

En anglais simple : To give someone personal help so they can do well in a test, job, or situation.

• She coached me for the test.
• He coaches people who are looking for work.
• Who coached you before the interview?

Comment l'utiliser : coach someone for something (She coached me for the entrance exam.); coach someone in something (He coached us in interview techniques.); coach someone through something (My manager coached me through my first presentation.)

Synonymes : tutor, prepare, train

Expressions courantes : coach someone for, coach someone through, coach someone in