Translation for '
take hold of' from English to Swedish
SYNO | to catch | to grab | to take hold of |
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- The Army moved in to take hold of the castle and in 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the castle became the depot for the two battalions of the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot.
- Tao fears of a curse coming from his puppets, which will exact their improper owners misery should they take hold of them.
- He begins to hallucinate as his alienation and guilt take hold of him.
- They take hold of each other's belt and the one who succeeds to lay the rival's back on the ground is pronounced winner and receives a present called Bayraq, which is either a ram or ewe.
- ... Latin "manus" "hand" and "capere" "to take hold of") was a solemn verbal contract by which the ownership of certain types of goods, called "res mancipi", was transferred.
- Though the production of "Notgeld" was initially amateurish, with many set by typewriter or even handwritten, collectors soon appeared on the scene to take hold of the expired 1914 stock.
- across, which is used in sewing to store pins or needles with their heads protruding to take hold of them easily, collect them, and keep them organized.
- The attacker then uses their free arm to reach behind the neck of the opponent and take hold of them.
- He did not take hold of his office until 50 days after his official appointment, refusing to be received at the Élysée Palace by French President Gaston Doumergue for as long as the state authorities would not allow "The Internationale" (a revolutionary song which was at the time the Soviet national anthem) to be played on the occasion.
- This commotion by the opposition was then seen as a futile attempt to weaken the power of LDP seeing as they control the Lower House and they might take hold of the Upper House with the upcoming elections.
- This version of a surfboard sees a standing or kneeling wrestler take hold of both of a kneeling or seated opponent's wrists and cross their arms over, applying pressure to both the opponent's arms and shoulders.
- His aims to take hold of the silver deposits at Kutná Hora ("Kuttenberg") sparked a rebellion led by the noble House of Strakonice.
- After the capitulation of Italy in September 1943, Partisans managed to take hold of most of Montenegro for a brief time, but Montenegro was soon occupied by German forces, and fierce fighting continued during late 1943 and 1944.
- Two badgers would then take hold of the stick in the badger's mouth, and drag the animal loaded with dirt away, almost in the fashion of a wagon.
- I said, 'I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit'."
- In backhold wrestling the opponents take hold of each other's upper body; whoever touches the ground with any part of the body except the feet has lost.
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