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Meanings of fasten on in английском
Synonyms
Examples for "take up"
Examples for "take up"
1
Employees can take up to seven days volunteering time off per year.
2
Political leaders need to take up the fight against homophobia and discrimination.
3
That is the case the Supreme Court will take up this year.
4
For example, young people may take up smoking if exposed to e-cigarettes.
5
We think it could even take up to a year, he said.
1
Bush stepped past her and snapped the latch on the office door.
2
Pete's left hand drifted down to the latch on the safety belt.
3
It finds things it can latch on to and multiplies the threat.
4
He slid the latch on the cell door across and stepped inside.
5
As I lifted the latch on the gate he opened his trap.
1
Neither does it mean a hook on the end of the rod.
2
He rose and took a bathrobe from a hook on the door.
3
Two lines were thrown, each with a grappling hook on the end.
4
Troops can hook on a pint-sized gripper arm, with a rotating shoulder.
5
I took my Super Soaker down from its hook on the wall.
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However, Melrose was not the only company to seize on the opportunity.
2
Perhaps, in the UK, Trump brings opportunities that we should seize on.
3
Nevertheless, he said Democrats would seize on the scandal to boost fund-raising.
4
Russia would seize on any paralysis to try to raise the bar.
5
I should have known she'd seize on that, so I kept talking.
Usage of fasten on in английском
1
Peripherally, I saw her reach back and fasten on the officiator's wrist.
2
Every moment they seemed to be about to fasten on our faces.
3
Don't fret yourself; I'll fasten on to that before the war ends.
4
What passionately curious eyes did she now fasten on his prospective bride!
5
We should beware of the nature of the reveries that fasten on us.
6
The two first of these fasten on the same sin, of hypocritical holiness.
7
People in Vanity Fair fasten on to rich folks quite naturally.
8
He tried to fasten on to it, use it to regain his balance.
9
You fasten on every moneyed woman that comes in your way.
10
But she lay back and let the pain fasten on her.
11
I felt a hand fasten on my upper arm and tensed.
12
And Ascher is just the man they'll fasten on at once.
13
But to bring their devilry to sea and fasten on such a man!
14
Markets, especially currency markets, tend to fasten on to themes, usually until they overshoot.
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Let him weaken; let hunger fasten on his vitals, and fear trouble his brain.
16
Is the necklace clasp impossible to fasten on your own?
