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111mental grasp — index comprehension, information (knowledge) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
112power to grasp ideas — index comprehension Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
113clutch (or grasp or catch) at straws — resort in desperation to unlikely or inadequate means of salvation. [from the proverb a drowning man will clutch at a straw.] → straw …
114snatch something from someone's grasp — to manage to prevent someone from getting something She had snatched the prize from his grasp at the last minute …
115catch, clutch, or grasp at a straw or at straws — idi catch, clutch, or grasp at a straw or at straws, to pursue even the slightest hope or possibility out of desperation …
116light grasp — šviesingumas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. light gathering power; light grasp vok. Helligkeit, f; Lichtstärke, f rus. светлота, f; светосила, f pranc. clarté, f; luminosité, f …
117light grasp — šviesingumas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Optiniu įtaisu registruojamo fotometrinio dydžio (apšvietos, šviesos srauto) ir objekto skaisčio dalmuo. atitikmenys: angl. light gathering power; light grasp; luminosity vok.… …
118net|tle-grasp|er — «NEHT uhl GRAS puhr, GRAHS », noun. a person who attacks a difficulty boldly …
119un|grasp|a|ble — «uhn GRAS puh buhl, GRAHS », adjective. that cannot be grasped or fully understood: »How ungraspable is the fact that real men ever did fight in real armour (Mark Twain) …
120clutch/grasp at straws — to try to solve a problem by doing things that probably will not help I asked her for a loan. I didn t think she d agree, but at that point I was grasping at straws. • • • Main Entry: ↑straw …
