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to master
Po roku ovládol základy jazyka.
After a year, he mastered the basics of the language.
to seize control
Nový riaditeľ rýchlo ovládol situáciu.
The new director quickly took control of the situation.
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Za leto ovládla základy španielčiny.
Over the summer she mastered the basics of Spanish.
Dav na chvíľu ovládol námestie.
The crowd briefly seized control of the square.
Source
Slovak National Corpus (SNK) ↗English gloss from the frequency publish path. Hand-reviewed example sentences.
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