The combined fleets of France and Spain had acquired command of the English Channel, and a French army of 50,000 waited for the propitious moment to board their transports.
The 2nd Shock Army crossed Lake Peipus in 5 11 September and acquired command over the Emajõgi front.
He continued his work in piano and theory as well as quartet playing, all the while acquiring a command of English, largely by immersing himself in television westerns.
Although widely read in Greek literature, he made mistakes of translation that would be unnatural if he had spent any length of time in Greece and had acquired the command of Greek normal among his contemporaries.
"Although Dino was bowled over by her looks, he doubted if she could acquire a sufficient command of English before shooting began".
Supplying the means of acquiring an adequate command of The Spoken Language in All Departments of Daily Life".
Thus, he acquired an impressive command of the Jutland dialect and the materials for his short stories.
Some of these fathers have acquired such a command of the syllabus that it is a pity they are not themselves sitting the papers.
Fritz learned English and acquired the complete command of the language that enabled him later on to write with grace and style.
Over his two decades as the D'Oyly Carte's star, Mr. Reed acquired such a command of Gilbert's clatter of consonants that even the most fiendish patter song became, if not quite routine, at least comfortably familiar.
And, when you have finished, you not only have an internationally recognised qualification from an excellent institution; you are not only emerging, like an English student of 30 years ago, without any debt at all; you have also acquired a good command of a useful foreign language.
