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Maîtriser - Mot du Jour - French Word of the Day

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Definition: to control, overcome, suppress; to master

C'était difficile de maîtriser la foule - It was difficult to control the crowd.

J'ai enfin maîtrisé mes difficultés avec les maths - I finally overcame my difficulties with math.

Est-il possible pour un adulte d'arriver à maîtriser une langue étrangère ? - Is is possible for an adult to master a foreign language?

Related: se maîtriser - to control oneself; un maître/une maîtresse - master, rule, authority, teacher; maîtrisable (adj) - controllable; la maîtrise - (self-)control, mastery

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