control
/kənˈtɹoʊl/ verbo B1En español: controlar
- To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of. · With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
- (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
He/she/it controls · Pasado controlled · Participio pasado controlled · Forma en -ing controlling
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- control
- He/she/it
- controls
- Pasado
- controlled
- Participio pasado
- controlled
- Forma en -ing
- controlling
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It is better that I should ask them here than that the matter should pass outside our control.”
“I suppose you’re homesick--some people have so little self-control in that respect.
de Boville’s countenance, yet he made an effort at self-control, and said:
The abbé opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, then, making an effort at self-control, he said, “And Mercédès—they tell me that she has disappeared?”
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