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Luce Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

"she owns herself and her role"

0Hi everybody,02br
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00first of all, this is my first posting in this forum and I'm very glad to have found it. 05002br
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00I have a question about the meaning of the word 'own' in the following contexts. About an actress it is said:02br
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00... I appreciate her gift of truthfulness. She 01b00owns02b00 herself and her role and her confidence is inspiring ..02br
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00Same word in another context:02br
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00She begins to come into her 01b00own ..02b02br
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00Could anyone be so kind as to give me some paraphrases for both examples?02br
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00Thank you very much in advance,02br
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0Hello Luce-- welcome to English Forums. 02br 02br 00These are from some of the dictionaries at [url="05000/"]ONE LOOK DICTIONARY SEARCH[/url]. com

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0Hello Luce-- welcome to English Forums. It's nice to have you here.02br
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001-- 01b00own02b00: to have control over: 01i00For a time, enemy planes owned the skies.02i02br
002-- 01b00come into one's own02b00 01b00:02b00 to achieve one's potential; to gain recognition.02
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0Hi Mister Micawber,02br
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00thanks for the warm welcome and for the explanation. Apparently I read far too much into it, so it helped a lot to make it clear. 05002br
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00Have a nice day,02br
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