His mastering the art of cooking took a long time.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

He received a bill for mastering the concert and making 100 copies.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Learning correct liaison is one of the challenges in mastering French.    From Wordnik.com.  [liaison - French Word-A-Day] Reference

I think it is cruel to let colts run till one has to employ severity in mastering them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography] Reference

I still found more difficulty in mastering problems in mathematics than I did in any other of my studies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of My Life] Reference

He notices that other young men, apparently no brighter than he, have little difficulty in mastering this part of his work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are the Schools Preparing Youth to Take Over?] Reference

Instead, they seem more interested in mastering the art of pushing the president and lawmakers even closer to their expectations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bakari Kitwana: Has Obama Earned the Youth Vote?] Reference

Most homes lack parents until the end of the day, when they are tired and cannot easily support their children in mastering anything.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terry Newell: Fostering Mastery] Reference

What we got was some down-home cooking, southern sweet tea and a group of warm individuals that take pride in mastering the craft of print.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: May 30, 2004 - June 5, 2004 Archives] Reference

But in this case the mastering was the difficulty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Path to Honour] Reference

For this process, the audio is cut onto a lacquer plate using a specialized machine called a mastering lathe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cleveland Scene] Reference

During these days she made rapid progress with my language -- so rapid that I shortly gave up the idea of mastering hers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Girl in the Golden Atom] Reference

I’m about as interested in mastering the (supposed) subtleties of “shall” as I am in making sure I use “thou” appropriately.    From Wordnik.com.  [In which I realize I’ll never use “shall” as an Englishman would « Motivated Grammar] Reference

The MR8 has "mastering" utilities, but I would only use them if I had nothing else.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fostex MR8: Ugly portable recording bargain?] Reference

This is because in 1986 Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping made 'mastering' them a priority.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leo Hindery, Jr.: China's Latest Power Plays -- More Unfair Trade, Now Grave Threats to Our Security] Reference

Now let's substitute another skill in that equation, such as mastering Microsoft Office.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daniel Cubias: The Skill that Every Job Requires?] Reference

I've been "mastering" my perfectionism problem this summer, as contradictory as that statement sounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Therese Borchard: Why Messing Up Is Good For You] Reference

(don't ask me why it's called mastering) but it's a bundle of vst: s like an equaliser, limiter, compressor, de-esser and whatnot.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Now if we could get "mastering" in the same boat I'd be happy.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The second is for production, the Avid DNxHD "mastering" format for post-editing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harris Corporation Improves NEXIO Video Server Portfolio] Reference

Should I be doing a kind of mastering process instead of just exporting to disc, or is that basically the same thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussions: Message List - root] Reference

While labeled as a "mastering" compressor, Doug likes to use this high-end piece of hardware on a variety of applications.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gearwire -] Reference

I'm not sure what you mean by "mastering" all the classes; I believe I managed to upgrade them all if that's what you mean.    From Wordnik.com.  [RPGamer] Reference

And where you shine the most is the art ofthe product name mastering and marketing - I can't wait to grab thisfull program! ".    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

That's called mastering the art of living.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judith Johnson: Ever Feel Like You're On The Outside Looking In? How To Change That] Reference

By possessing and mastering the means of resistance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are We 'A Nation Of Cowards'?] Reference

Appreciate the Balkans's beauty while mastering moguls.    From Wordnik.com.  [TIP SHEET] Reference

Franklin D. Roosevelt restored hope in 1933 by mastering radio.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Open-Source Politics] Reference

But mastering the count takes intense concentration and practice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Campaign Diplomacy: Why America May Take A Harder Line Against Russia] Reference

As a result, too many kids passed through school without mastering the printed page.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dyslexia And The New Science Of Reading] Reference

After mastering the technique, European artists layer on traditional European melodies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe Gets Rhythm] Reference

In Iowa, where he rocketed to the top, that meant mastering the form of the small town hall.    From Wordnik.com.  [KICKING INTO HIGH GEAR] Reference

He was looking forward to mastering about 50 previously opaque acronyms dealing with Web technology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Microsoft's Crapshoot] Reference

After mastering what Gleick describes as a prodigious amount of "Unix arcana," he eventually found the bridge game.    From Wordnik.com.  [Putting It All In The Pipeline] Reference

It does not require mastering a whole lot of head-breaking details about an obscure, decades old real-estate venture.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Big Job Opening] Reference

His mature life, then, has been a public one, mastering, despite his occasional inarticulateness, the art of politics.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE ROAD TO RESOLVE] Reference

Diving, Billingsley teaches, is a matter of mastering the law that for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ups And Downs] Reference

You won't spar with a partner until you've spent a year mastering kicks and punches, and memorizing elaborate combinations called tae guk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting For Fitness] Reference