grip, get a grip. grippe, firmly, grapple, pandemic, press censorship, give someone a break. tries to keep its grip.

Refusing to Accept Loss of Power, Polish Right Occupies State TV

The sit-in shut down Poland’s main public news station, a possible harbinger of battles to come as the party voted out of power tries to keep its grip.


Japanese living in Beijing grapple with coronavirus outbreak
China to suppress any challenge that could test its grip.





In 1915, on the 700th anniversary of the ‪#‎MagnaCarta‬, The Economist didn't miss the irony of press censorship, imposed by the British government during the first world war http://econ.st/1MKxXuU

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told France on Wednesday to get a grip and give allies in the United States and Australia a break over a row about a trilateral nuclear submarine deal that tore up a separate French contract.

It was in July, 1805, and the speaker was the well-known Anna Pavlovna
Scherer, maid of honor and favorite of the Empress Marya Fedorovna. With these words she greeted Prince Vasili Kuragin, a man of high rank and importance, who was the first to arrive at her reception. Anna Pavlovna
had had a cough for some days. She was, as she said, suffering from la grippe; grippe being then a new word in St. Petersburg, used only by the elite.

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Spain grapples with Franco's iconic legacy

In Spain, debate is raging over a monument to that country's former
dictator Francisco Franco. It's called the Valley of the Fallen.



The world is gripped by a flu pandemic and it’s up to you to stop it -- that is, if you choose to play a new game developed by a Dutch medical center and available online for free.
流感大流行籠罩世界，只有你才能阻止其蔓延——也就是說，如果你選擇玩一款由荷蘭醫學中心研發、可在線上免費取得的新遊戲。陳成良


get a grip (on yourself)翻譯：控制自己的感情，使自己鎮定下來。了解更多。
give someone a break は何か: infml stop criticizing or being angry with someone: . もっと見る.



grip：動詞，握；緊咬；夾住。例句：She gripped my hand in fear.（她恐懼地握緊我的手。）
pandemic：形容詞，（疾病等）普遍流行的、蔓延各地的。 地方性的。當名詞時，指大流行病。反義字為endemic，指（疾病等）地方性的。


PayPal Hit by World-Wide Outage

PayPal grappled with a world-wide outage that left millions of customers unable to complete transactions for about an hour.

firmly
Line breaks: firm¦ly

Pronunciation: /ˈfəːmli /

ADVERB

1With little possibility of movement; securely:the door remained firmly shutfigurative his work is rooted firmly in Chinese culture

1.1In a way that uses steady power or strength:I had her wrist grasped firmly in my handstop the bleeding by pressing firmly

1.2With resolute determination and strength ofcharacter:the council is firmly committed to raising standards in education

1.3Without doubt; definitely:I firmly believe that we could do betterhis reputation is now firmly established

grapple

架線集材の自動化システム　回生充電式ラジコンロージンググラップルの自動化 IWAFUJI Radio Control Loading Grapple

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n.

1. 1. An iron shaft with claws at one end, usually thrown by a rope and used for grasping and holding, especially one for drawing and holding an enemy ship alongside. Also called grapnel, grappling; Also called grappling hook, grappling iron.
   2. Nautical. See grapnel (sense 1).
2. The act of grappling.
3. 1. A struggle or contest in which the participants attempt to clutch or grip each other.
   2. A struggle for superiority or dominance.

v., -pled, -pling, -ples. v.tr.

1. To seize and hold, as with a grapple.
2. To seize firmly, as with the hands.

v.intr.

1. To hold onto something with or as if with a grapple.
2. To use a grapple or similar device, as for dragging.
3. To struggle, in or as if in wrestling: grappled with their consciences; grapple with the political realities of our time.

[Middle English grapel, from Old French grapil, diminutive of grape, hook. See grape.]

grippe 

NOUN

Old-fashioned term for influenza.