Cope
Cope verb - To meet one's day-to-day needs.
Master
Master verb - To achieve a victory over.
Both words in one sentence
- If he is isolated with a cat in a very small space, or when he can no longer cope with his fear of cats, he begins behaving like a cat himself and becomes a master of the "Cat Fu".
Source: Delusions of Doghood - Footloose: A young fey/human girl and her quest to master Kung Shoe, cope with first love and deal with bitchy magical girls in the world of Fey, where stories— sorry, "generics"— are physical laws and Primary Protagonist Syndrome is genetic.
Source: Fantasy Webcomics - Don't forget that Rojer's master is a non-functional alcoholic who may have turned to drink in order to cope with the memory of surviving when everyone else in Rojer's hometown died.
Source: Literature / The Warded Man
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