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1 grasp
1. verb1) (to take hold of especially by putting one's fingers or arm(s) round: He grasped the rope; He grasped the opportunity to ask for a higher salary.) zagrabiti2) (to understand: I can't grasp what he's getting at.) doumeti2. noun1) (a grip with one's hand etc: Have you got a good grasp on that rope?) prijem2) (the ability to understand: His ideas are quite beyond my grasp.) razumevanje•- grasping* * *I [gra:sp]1.transitive verb(at) prijeti, pograbiti; figuratively razumeti, doumeti;2.intransitive verbsegati; figuratively prizadevati si za kajto grasp the nettle — ugrizniti v kislo jabolko, pogumno se lotitigrasp all, lose all — kdor hoče dobiti vse, zgubi vseII [gra:sp]nounprijem; figuratively razumevanje; dosegto have a perfect grasp of s.th. — dobro kaj obvladatiwithin s.o.'s grasp — v dosegu koga, razumljivo komubeyond s.o.'s grasp — zunaj dosega, nedosegljiv; nerazumljivin s.o.'s grasp — v oblasti koga -
2 hold on
1) ((often with to) to keep (a grip on) (something): She held on to me to stop herself slipping; I couldn't hold on any longer, so I let go of the rope.) čvrsto se česa držati2) (to stop or wait: Hold on - I'm not quite ready yet; The operator asked the caller to hold on while she connected him.) počakati* * *transitive verb & intransitive verb obdržati, čvrsto se česa držati (to), vztrajati; ostati pri telefonucolloquially hold on! — počakaj!, stoj!
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