How the word "pratiquer" is translated into English
Pour bien cuisiner, il faut pratiquer tous les jours.
[puʁ bjɛ̃ kɥizine, il fo pʁatike tu le ʒuʁ.]
To cook well, you have to practice every day.
Je pratique la pâtisserie depuis deux ans.
[ʒə pʁatik la patisʁi dəpɥi døz‿ ɑ̃.]
I've been practicing baking for two years.
Il a beaucoup pratiqué avant d'ouvrir son restaurant.
[il‿ a boku pʁatike avɑ̃ duvʁiʁ sɔ̃ ʁɛstɔʁɑ̃.]
He practiced a lot before opening his restaurant.
"pratiquer" is in the lesson "Cooking 2" (Level 39), along with 13 other useful words. LinDuo has 180 topic lessons like this one, 2,375 words in total. Every word has an illustration, a transcription and pronunciation in a female and a male voice. Just 10–15 minutes a day is enough to learn them all. Free, and works offline.