| English | Russian |
| command of the language | владение языком (It strikes me that Artyomov's command of the language is all the more remarkable if, as he claims, he has never lived in an English-speaking country. bigmaxus) |
| have a loose command of the language | плохо владеть языком (4uzhoj) |
| he has a good command of the English language | он хорошо владеет английским языком |
| he has good command of the language | он свободно владеет языком |
| he has great command of the language | он свободно владеет языком |
| poor command of the language | не совершенный уровень знания языка (Alexander Demidov) |
| poor command of the language | несовершенный уровень знания языка (Alexander Demidov) |