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Significados de set about em inglês

português
começar
catalão
començar
espanhol
empezar

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

    começar
    português
    começar
    espanhol
    emprender

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

          começar
          português
          empreender
          espanhol
          emprender

          Enter upon an activity or enterprise.

                empreender
                Uso de set about em inglês
                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 ao longo do tempo
                Set about nas variantes da língua
                Reino Unido
                Comum
                Irlanda
                Menos comum
                Estados Unidos da América
                Menos comum