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An example use of exercise in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… you know we all do i exercise as much as …”
Exercise is the act of using physical activity to improve or maintain one's health and fitness.
the word exercise occurs in english on average 65.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that exercise can be often used in the following areas:
1) leisure and entertainment;
2) people, society, and culture;