moving train

collocation in English

meaningsofmovingandtrain

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moving
adjective
uk
/ˈmuː.vɪŋ/us
/ˈmuː.vɪŋ/
A moving object is one ...
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train
noun
uk
/treɪn/us
/treɪn/
a railway engine connected to carriages for carrying people or to wheeled containers for ...
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(Definition ofmovingandtrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Many company representatives evoke the image of amovingtrainthat would have advanced without them had they decided to ignore or lobby against liberalization.
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However, a repetitive sound associated with amovingtrainis plausible enough to convince most listeners that it is naturally occurring.
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One tends to die if one falls off amovingtrain.
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The man was returning from leave, certainly; but he had jumped into amovingtrain.
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The driver of themovingtrainapplied his brakes and came to a halt about a train's length from the other train.
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No one can have any doubt that economic and monetary union is amovingtrainand that we are on it.
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A driver of a forwardmovingtrainhas 250 yards in which to stop it before it cuts across a main line carrying a 90 mph express.
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I regret to say that ten passengers lost their lives and six passengers and the motor man of themovingtrainreceived serious injuries.
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They were working with a gang of eight workmen, and four of them were struck by amovingtrainand fatally injured.
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The first two coaches of themovingtrainwere partly telescoped and were pressed against the sides and roof of the single-line tube tunnel.
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I gather that the unfortunate accident to which he refers was one in which a passenger attempted to enter amovingtrain.
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The lavatories one cannot get at; the food one cannot get at, because it is quite impossible to move oneself on amovingtrain.
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I regret to say that 10 passengers lost their lives and six passengers and the motorman of themovingtrainreceived serious injuries.
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On one attempt, he was injured after jumping through the window of amovingtrain.
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Puncheon gets knocked out, and the man accidentally falls in front of amovingtrain.
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The lead car of themovingtrainwas two months overdue for scheduled brake maintenance.
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The loose pipe, dragged by themovingtrain, damaged the eastbound passenger track.
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He chased after her and jumped onto themovingtrain.
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Eventually, and inexplicably, she herself transforms into a gigantic snake and swallows themovingtrainwhole.
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