grasp of

*(solid) grasp of something

and *(sound) grasp of something; *(good) grasp of something

Fig. a firm understanding of something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) Try to get a grasp of the basic rules. You don't have a good grasp of the principles yet. John was unable to get a solid grasp of the methods used in his work, and we had to let him go.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Prometheus	prə-MEE-thee-əs (English)	Greek Mythology
Toiba	-	Yiddish
Laura	LAWR-ə (English), LOW-rah (Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch), LAW-oo-raw (Hungarian)	English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Croa
Rollins	['rɔlinz]
Agar	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Zeus	ZOOS (English)	Greek Mythology