ADJ
- firm, strong
- She felt a firm grasp on her hand
VERB + GRASP
- slip from
- As she jumped forward, the ball slipped from her grasp
- prise sth from, rip sth from, snatch sth from, wrench sth from, wrest sth from
- She wrenched the bottle from his grasp
PREP
- beyond your ~
- The key was on a high shelf, just beyond her grasp
- in your ~
- He kept the letter firmly in his grasp
- from sb's ~
- The robber tried to free the case from her grasp
- out of sb's ~
- She kicked the gun out of his grasp
- within (your) ~ (often figurative)
- Just when victory seemed within grasp, the referee blew his whistle
ADJ
- fine, firm, good, impressive, proper, sound
- limited, poor
- intellectual
- The task was beyond the intellectual grasp of some of the students
- intuitive
- We have no intuitive grasp of the immensity of time
VERB + GRASP
- have
- get
- Working with native speakers helped me get a good grasp of the language
PREP
- beyond your ~
- These ideas are all beyond his grasp
- within your ~
- ~ of
- a poor grasp of mathematics
PREP
- at
- Her hands were grasping at his coat
- by
- She grasped him tightly by the wrist
PHRASES
- grasp hold of sb/sth
- She grasped hold of the banister to support herself
ADV
- fully
- He had not fully grasped the fact that he was the one who would pay for all this
- not really
- I hadn't really grasped what they were talking about
- quickly
- easily, readily
- a means by which students can more easily grasp the basics of science
VERB + GRASP
- try to
- be unable to, fail to
- She failed to grasp the significance of these facts
- quick to
- He was quick to grasp the basic principles
- be difficult to, be hard to
- Some of these concepts are very difficult to grasp