Dutch English Dictionary

Nederlands, Vlaams - English

oefening in English:

1. exercise exercise


Don't just read books. Go outside once in a while and get some exercise.
The reason Tom is fat is because he eats too much and doesn't get enough exercise.
We exercise.
Please exercise every caution against cowboy salesmen of water purifiers and fraudulent-test sales.
That exercise - backs together, link arms, one bends forwards while the other stretches their back - we did that a lot as children, didn't we?
In Japan, due partly to the fitness boom that began from around 2000, 'dumbbell training' also appeared as a way to exercise at home.
Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority.
Belinda tried strict diets, grueling exercise routines, and some sort of esoteric New Age detox, all amounting to nothing--she had curves, and that was that.
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
After business came to a halt, many bathhouses added new facilities, such as saunas and exercise equipment, in an effort to attract customers.
Swimming is my favourite form of exercise. Let's do some stretching exercises to start with.
My time for these exercise and reading was at night, after work or before it began in the morning, or on Sundays.
As for physical exercise, although I loathe most sports (I think they're really boring), I do like going to the gym to lift weights.
At this time of day, most customers are adults here to exercise, there aren't that many kids.

English word "oefening"(exercise) occurs in sets:

studybox 4 h1
Engels H1 S4

2. practice practice


If you want to sound like a native speaker, you must be willing to practice saying the same sentence over and over in the same way that banjo players practice the same phrase over and over until they can play it correctly and at the desired tempo.
Practice thrift!
If you've got time to play around on an acoustic guitar, practice your bass!
The priest seems to make it a practice to climb on the underdog's bandwagon and persuade the other side to compromise.
Shanghaiing is a practice from the mid-19th Northwest United States that consisted of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques.
Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former.
Moreover, freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one's religion. That is why there is a mosque in every state of our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders.
The European Union has 23 official languages, theoretically with the same rights, but in practice only 3 working languages: English, French and German.
Japanese bureaucrats are nothing but traitors to the country who covet our tax money and will continue the practice of amakudari until the country is bankrupt.
The widespread application of administrative guidance is considered to be a uniquely Japanese practice in which bureaucrats exert authority, without any legal backing, telling the private sector what to do and what not to do.
While the easiest way in metaphysics is to condemn all metaphysics as nonsense, the easiest way in morals is to elevate the common practice of the community into a moral absolute.
Proceeding from warm-up exercises to leg kick practice without a hitch, the lesson went completely smoothly.
Is it the practice in this country for some people living in flats in town to own a plot of land in the country on which to grow fresh fruit and vegetables?
You should practice English with a friend or classmate. Maybe you could join an Internet forum or a language club.

English word "oefening"(practice) occurs in sets:

Engels, h5, s2 & s5