Authentic classical education involves teaching reading, thinking, and speaking to substantial mastery.
"It speaks to his mastery of the sport.
Those who heard his work with the Philharmonic speak of a mastery beyond anything they had ever encountered.
Whether it is a strong mother tongue influence, or a belief (mistakenly) that the faster one speaks the more mastery one has, there is much room for improvement.
McGahee is a smart running back, who runs hard, knows this offense, and has gained Manning's trust; the fact that he is having a career year (by leaps and bounds) catching passes out of the backfield speaks to his mastery of the offense, as well as his current effectiveness.
John was by now over 70, but the years had not diminished his mastery of the art of verse speaking - if anything, it seemed more effortless than ever.
Language spoken at home represented mastery of language under the assumption that the general mastery of language partly depends on whether a person speaks Swedish at home (i.e. constantly, in contrast to immigrants who only use it at work or other public places).
And Dr. Ballí is the alter-ego of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, who, under the mastery of Harris, possesses a uniquely sinister manner of speaking that we'll never forget: "Have you seen blood in the moonlight?
Although his poems display a mastery of the Arabic traditional stylistic devices, they run counter to the conventional ideals of Arab heroism by speaking of bitter disappointment and emphasizing asceticism, compassion, and the avoidance of procreation.
Roughly speaking, a person or group is free in the positive sense to the extent that they exercise self-control or self-mastery.
