Sentence examples of "хвататься" in Russian with translation "grasp at"

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Но необходима храбрость, чтобы признать то, что происходит на наших глазах, вместо того, чтобы продолжать хвататься за химеру объединенного иракского государства. But it will require courage to acknowledge what is occurring before our eyes, rather than continue to grasp at the chimera of a consolidated Iraqi state.
Очень жаль, что те, кто извращает и необоснованно интерпретирует резолюции Совета лишь для того, чтобы добиться своих узких интересов, сейчас хватаются за соломинку, попирая букву и дух четкой резолюции. It is very unfortunate that those who stretch and baselessly interpret Council resolutions just to advance their narrow interests are now grasping at straws in flouting the letter and spirit of a clear-cut resolution.
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