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this should be practised without thread in the needle until it is done instinctively.
le yenza ukuziqhelisa ngaphandle kokuthunga ngaphakathi kwenaliti kude yenziwe ngethuku lwemvelo.

the above elementary hints on chart navigation become quite easy if you have practised them once or twice.
ezi ngcebiso zingentla zengqondo kwitshati yoqhutyo zibalulua xa umntu eziqhelisa ukuzenza kanye okanye kabini

taking a ship in tow, and preparing to be taken in tow, are both commonly practised evolutions in warships.
ukuthatha inqanawa uyirhuqe, uyilungiselele okokuba irhuqwe zizinto ezimbini eziqheleke ziqeqeshelwa ngokuthiwe saa kwinqanawa zemfazwe.

and david knew that saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to abiathar the priest, bring hither the ephod.
wazi udavide ukuba usawule umenzela ububi, wathi kuabhiyatare umbingeleli, zisa iefodi leyo.

and an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
umkhosi unikelwe kulo, kunye nenkonzo yamaxesha onke, ngenxa yesikreqo; inyaniso lwayiwisela phantsi emhlabeni, lwenza lwaba nempumelelo.

whatever the type of sport practised, there should always be an element of competition - either against other divisions in the same ship, especially in the larger vessels, or against the same division in another ship.
nokuba loluphi uhlobo lomdlalo luzakube lusenziwa, makube kusoloko kukho isiqalelo kukhuphiswano nokuba kukwadlalwa nelinye iqembu elikwinqanawa enye, ingakumbi kwezizinkulu izikhephe kudlalwe kwanezinye ezikwa kwindawo enye.

form of punishment practised at sea during the 15th and 16th centuries. a line was rigged from one yardarm under the hull of the vessel and up to the opposite yardarm. the culprit was then hoisted up one side, dropped into the sea and hauled down and under the hull and up to the yardarm on the other side. today sometimes used to imply a severe punishment.
luhlobo lwesohlwayo olwenziwa elwandle ngexesha leenkulungwane ze-15 neye 16. umgca wawuxhotyiswe ngeemasti nakweliphi icala leyadi engaphantsi kwesiqu senqanawa kunye nakwelinye icala elijongene nalo elingasentla. umoni wayenyuselwa phezulu kwicala elinye, alahlelwe elwandle aze atsalelwe ngaphantsi kwesiqu senqanawa aze anyuswe kwelinye icala. maxa wambi kule mihla oku kuthetha esona sohlwayo sibuhlungu.