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Masanori Takaoka Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

control or master

Peter was no longer ( ) of his own life after his failure.
Jane struggled so hard to ( ) her temper.

(a) manage (b) control (c) master (d) barter

I think the answer is (c), but also think (b) is acceptable.
What do you think?
  

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(c) works in both sentences. (b) works in the second sentence but not in the first. In the first, you would have to say "no longer in control of".

  • (c) works in both sentences.
  • (b) works in the second sentence but not in the first.
  • In the first, you would have to say "no longer in control of".
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(c) works in both sentences. (b) works in the second sentence but not in the first. In the first, you would have to say "no longer in control of".

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