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Tread water

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Water Safety

Understanding this term is vital in swimming lessons and discusses staying safe in water.

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Kids, during today's lesson, we're going to learn how to tread water.
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Physical Action

Implies constant movement of limbs, it's an active effort, not a passive state.

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To stay above water, she had to actively tread water.
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Energy Consuming

Suggests a physically demanding activity that can be tiring.

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After ten minutes of treading water, I was exhausted.
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