Phrasal Verbs "set..."
Phrasal Verb | Translation | Example |
set about
| сделать установку по поводу какой-то работы, начать работу | He set about fixing the door while she cleaned the house. |
set aside
| разместить в сторону, отложить с какой целью | Tom set his new book aside for a year. It's time to set our differences aside and work together. |
set back
| установить стрелки часов назад | My watch was fast so I set it back three minutes. The cost of the war has set back national development by ten years. |
set down
| устанавливать правила | We had to set down rules for the behaviour of the members. |
set in
| устояться (о погоде) | The rain set in. Winter has set in. |
set off/out
| отправиться в путешествие | He set off for work an hour ago. I set off to make the work by myself, but in the end I had to ask for help. This is not what I set out to learn when I took this course. |
be set on
| иметь установку на делание чего-то, быть настроенным на | He is set on it. |
set smb up
| быть обвиняемым за что-то, быть посрамленным за что-то | He had nothing to do with the robbery, he must have been set up. Although he knew someone had set him up, he couldn’t prove it. |
set to
| приготовить себя к тяжелому труду | Get the duster and set to; there’s lot’s of work to do before our visitors arrive. |
set up
| начать бизнес | He left his job to set up his own business. They needed the money to set up a special school for gifted children. Do you know how to set up a tent? The young swimmer has set up a new fast time for the backstroke. |