Luce  +  192796 Sun, 05 Feb 06 12:37 PM Hi everybody, first of all, this is my first posting in this forum and I'm very glad to have found it.  I have a question about the meaning of the word 'own' in the following contexts. About an actress it is said: ... I appreciate her gift of truthfulness. She owns herself and her role and her confidence is inspiring ..   Same word in another context: She begins to come into her own ..   Could anyone be so kind as to give me some paraphrases for both examples? Thank you very much in advance,   Luce   Luce Joined on Fri, Feb 3 2006 New Member 09

	Mister Micawber  +  192806 Sun, 05 Feb 06 02:01 PM Hello Luce-- welcome to English Forums.  It's nice to have you here. 1-- own:  to have control over: For a time, enemy planes owned the skies. 2-- come into one's own : to achieve one's potential; to gain recognition. These are from some of the dictionaries at ONE LOOK DICTIONARY SEARCH. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,803 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	Luce  +  193153 Mon, 06 Feb 06 10:39 AM Hi  Mister Micawber, thanks for the warm welcome and for the explanation. Apparently I read far too much into it, so it helped a lot to make it clear. Have a nice day, Luce Luce