to grasp (often fig.) · to control · to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) · to master · to know well · to understand sth well and know how to use it · fluency

zhǎng wò

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Tom is fluent in three languages.

汤姆掌握了三种语言。

A foreign language cannot be mastered in a year or so.

一个外国语言无法在一年左右就被掌握。

They had a good command of French.

他们对法语有很好的掌握度。

All things are in the hands of God.

万事万物都在上帝掌握之中。

Mastering a foreign language is difficult.

掌握一门外语很难。