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Significados de set about en inglés

portugués
começar
catalán
començar
español
empezar

Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.

    empezar
    portugués
    começar
    español
    emprender

    To begin to deal with, e.g., a task, a problem, etc.

          emprender
          portugués
          empreender
          español
          emprender

          Enter upon an activity or enterprise.

                emprender
                Uso de set about en inglés
                1
                I set about the serious work of getting together a football team.
                The new yorker
                2
                Isobel batted that thought away and set about solving more immediate problems.
                The power of the legendary greek
                3
                They would contain answers to questions he'd set about the Middle Ages.
                Lucky Jim
                4
                The market hailed the better-than-expected results and analysts set about upgrading them.
                The Irish Times
                5
                Do any of these TDs actually set about framing a proposed amendment?
                The Irish Times
                6
                She came back completely Americanized & set about Americanizing her Japanese family.
                The new yorker
                7
                In 1802 Pierre-Simon Laplace set about to estimate the population of France.
                The Guardian
                8
                Armed with this information, Eileen Goold set about addressing the gender imbalance.
                The Irish Times
                9
                So we set about applying everything we learned up to that point.
                Wired
                10
                The ceremonies over, all the rites observed, I set about taking power.
                The Memoirs of Cleopatra
                11
                Dowling set about transforming both properties from offices back into family homes.
                The Irish Times
                12
                The Catholic Church at once set about establishing missions at various pueblos.
                The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
                13
                And that's certainly who I was before I set about this project.
                The new yorker
                14
                Ando released the young cop and straightaway set about locating Asakawa's parents.
                Spiral
                15
                And yesterday they set about working to strangle our renewed revolutionary vigour.
                The Guardian
                16
                So he set about constructing a steam engine to power the drill.
                Land of marvels
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                Translations for set about
                Set about a través del tiempo
                Set about por variante geográfica
                Reino Unido
                Común
                Irlanda
                Menos común
                Estados Unidos de América
                Menos común