Collocations withcar
These are words often used in combination withcar.
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car buyer
Their previous experience as brokers facilitates their role as car buyer.
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car dealer
Anyone who has enjoyed the embraces of estate agent or used car dealer will know that such activities are rich with nuance, not to say ambiguity and contention.
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car dealership
By the 1940s it was used as a new car dealership.
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car enthusiast
He is a car enthusiast; he collects and sells luxury cars as his business.
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car exhaust
The first panel shows four hanging bodies; the second shows four small clouds of car exhaust.
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car loan
After repaying the car loan, the dad may not have much money to pay towards the children's upkeep, but the family has pooled its resources.
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car repair
I am told that one has a car repair shop and another runs a few supermarkets.
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car salesman
A dishonest car salesman can spoil the market for his competitors.
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car stereo
Another point which worries me concerns music from motor car stereo systems.
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car theft
A contract to steal a car should be unenforceable, because car theft should be discouraged.
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car thief
The car thief makes thousands of pounds for a few hours' work.
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car wreck
Is anyone actually capable of taking to the road without ending up in a car wreck?
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compact car
This commercial advertises a compact car which is affordably priced for young consumers.
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electric car
Now, the electric car is a fine flagship.
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expensive car
It was a brand new, quite expensive car.
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fast car
So the lexical account predicts that fast car means a car which goes fast, and fast programmer means a programmer who programs fast, via the same entry for fast.
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flying car
Coming close in his flying car, he was amazed that the bird he spotted was a stork carrying an infant.
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full-size car
However, a full-size car was used for the waterfall sequence.
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getaway car
He stops a motor car 20 miles from the river because it was thought that that was the way the getaway car had gone.
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high-performance car
We might also discover that someone owned a high-performance car.
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imported car
It may be argued, though, that an imported car carries tax whereas a foreign holiday does not.
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luxury car
I see no reason why the state should continue to be in the luxury car business.
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moving car
There are many other activities in a moving car which are equally dangerous.
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oncoming car
There is the other matter of the lights of the oncoming car.
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parked car
Locations were most commonly the home, a parked car, or a public bench.
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passenger car
The caboose is seen by the traveling public - it is made for the company's use chiefly - is known to be deficient in very many qualities, which distinguish the passenger car.
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passing car
Every passing car raised a miniature dust storm.
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rail car
Has a battery rail car been produced?
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railroad car
While the railroad car mediates between distant locales, the railroad track mediates between contiguous neighbourhoods and divergent social classes.
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railway car
She was loaded with railway material and carried on deck three railway cars of a total weight of twelve tons.
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second-hand car
The second-hand car trade has therefore become increasingly dependent on other economic activity.
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speeding car
Consider the case of the pedestrian who steps in front of a speeding car that cannot be stopped before hitting him.
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stalled car
Hawthorn was disqualified for bump starting his stalled car downhill in the opposite direction, on the way to a second place finish.
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stolen car
The owner of the stolen car said that the windscreen was the original one belonging to the stolen car.
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tram car
For example, a tram car which does not have the same wear and tear on its engine as a bus is allowed a longer period and that is quite reasonable.
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used car
Their position was made worse by the deepening of the used car market, a logical outcome of increased new car ownership.
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waiting car
Volkmann and his family went to the café where the boys were waiting and threw them into the back seat of a waiting car.
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wrecked car
His method of operation was first to buy a wrecked car, thereby acquiring its log book.
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