"Make a grab at" nghĩa là gì?

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"Make a grab at (someone or something)" = cố nắm lấy ai/cái gì -> cố gắng đạt được điều gì.

Ví dụ
So out of my corner I stretched (vươn ra) a long shadow arm, reaching all across the ceiling (trần nhà), and pretended to make a grab at him.

When the penny (đồng xu) went in you could make the hand slide out across the turntable (bàn xoay), then propel (đẩy) it down to make a grab at the toys.

I mean, when starving (đói) people see you gobbling (ngấu nghiến) down food all by yourself, you know one of them will make a grab at it. So don't provoke (khiêu khích) them - don't air your clothes at the window!

Ambrose, the Hennwife's revolting (kinh tởm) Pekinese, he could make a grab at any time – a satisfactory consequence (kết quả thỏa đáng), this, of the fact that the Hennwifes now chose to regard Ambrose and himself as having about equal rights (quyền ngang nhau) in the house at large.


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