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Takoyaki-English Posted 18 years ago
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to get/do/take excercise
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00 The Longman Dictionary says: 02 br
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01 b 00 excercise 02 br
02 b 00 [uncountable] physical activities that you do in order to stay healthy and become stronger: 02 br
00 - Working in an office, I don't get much exercise. 02 br
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01 b 00 do/take exercise 02 b 02 br
00 - Most people need to do more exercise. 02 br
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00 Are these all interchangeable? 02 br
00 1) to get exercise 02 br
00 2) to do exercise 02 br
00 3) to take exercise 02 br
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00 Is the third one used in British English alone? Would "to work out" mean the same as each of the three? 0-
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00 The Longman Dictionary says: 02 br
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01 b 00 excercise 02 br
02 b 00 [uncountable] physical activities that you do in order to stay healthy and become stronger: 02 br
00 - Working in an office, I don't get much exercise. 02 br
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01 b 00 do/take exercise 02 b 02 br
00 - Most people need to do more exercise. 02 br
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00 Are these all interchangeable? 02 br
00 1) to get exercise 02 br
00 2) to do exercise 02 br
00 3) to take exercise 02 br
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00 Is the third one used in British English alone? Would "to work out" mean the same as each of the three? 0-
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0 Marius Hancu, 02 br
00 Thanks for the response. Sorry, but the link doesn't help solve my questions. 02 br
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00 2) to do exercise 02 br
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00 My questions are: 02 br
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00 Thanks for the response. Sorry, but the link doesn't help solve my questions. 02 br
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00 1) to get exercise 02 br
00 2) to do exercise 02 br
00 3) to take exercise 02 br
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0 They are all interchangeable with "work out." 02 br
00 For the AmE/BrE, make a comparative search as I'm describing here at the BBC and the New York Times sites. Doing the search is your job. 02 br
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00 For recommended AmE usage search Google 02 br
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00 For the AmE/BrE, make a comparative search as I'm describing here at the BBC and the New York Times sites. Doing the search is your job. 02 br
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00 For recommended AmE usage search Google 02 br
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0 I think it would be very rare to hear people referring to "taking exercise" in the U.S. 02 br
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00 It's not very common to "do exercise" either. You can "do exercises" which refers to 01 i 00 specifc 02 i 00 activities. 02 br
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00 The most common, by FAR, in the U.S. is to get exercise. You need to get more exercise. 0-
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00 It's not very common to "do exercise" either. You can "do exercises" which refers to 01 i 00 specifc 02 i 00 activities. 02 br
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00 The most common, by FAR, in the U.S. is to get exercise. You need to get more exercise. 0-
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01 cite 10 Takoyaki-English 12 cite 10 Are these all interchangeable? 12 br
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10 1) to get exercise 12 br
10 2) to do exercise 12 br
10 3) to take exercise 12 br
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10 Is the third one used in British English alone? Would "to work out" mean the same as each of the three? 12 br
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