grasp

to be in the grasp of an enemy

a general grasp of the subject.

an imperfect grasp of English.

grasps at any opportunity.

his grasp of detail.

to grasp sb.'s meaning

to have a thorough grasp of a subject

she grasped the bottle.

grasp the import of sb.'s remarks

Success is within our grasp now.

He grasped my arm.

I could not grasp her meaning.

The climber grasped at the rope.

She grasped a great chance.

she had no grasp of the conversation and felt herself de trop.

he was quick to grasp the essentials of an opponent's argument.

they had grasped at any means to overthrow him.

the way in which children could grasp complex ideas.

we must grasp the opportunities offered.

they were regarded as grasping landlords.

Walt Disney himself had an intuitive grasp of the power of fables.

We don't have a good grasp of the American aesthetic.

Berl and Berlcha could not grasp this.

One can only gently insinuate something else into its convulsive grasp.

He and Cedric both grasped a handle.

The yearner sleepers look like they're grasping for something.

This was the first time that I grasped a clear face of Oxford.

Yeah, you have a good grasp of the physics.

But all these aren't for a child to grasp.

Anything smaller or bigger and it becomes hard to grasp.