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Word · 単語
to rule
  1. 1 to rule, to govern, to reign over, to administer, to manage (e.g. a household)
  2. 2 to subdue, to suppress, to quell, to settle (e.g. a dispute)
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • The king governed the country.

    sense 1 · to rule

  • The king reigned over the island.

    sense 1 · to rule

  • The king ruled his kingdom justly.

    sense 1 · to rule

  • He can't run his own family, let alone a nation!

    sense 1 · to rule

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