set to

• Harriman set to work in a characteristic style .
  哈里曼以自己特有的风格开始工作。
• He set to work to draft his statement to the magistrate .
  他着手给大法官起草证词。
• The holes were already dug, and they set to work .
  那些坑已经挖好了，于是他们开始干活儿。
• The boys set to and had to be separated by a teacher .
  那些男生大打出手，来个老师才把他们拉开。
• Setting to work, i buried myself under a mass of papers .
  于是我就着手工作，埋头于一大堆文件之中。
• So she set to work, and very soon finished off the cake .
  于是，她大口嚼起来，一会儿就把那块糕吃掉了。
• The naval air squadron set to france was soon in the thick of the flight .
  派到法国的海军航空中队的飞行却日趋频繁。
• If we really set to we can get the whole house cleaned in an afternoon .
  我们要是认真干，一个下午就能把房子打扫干净。
• They set to work very diligently to write out a history of the accident .
  他们立刻非常起劲地把这一事件的经过记录下来。
• As soon as the lights were out, these untiring nibblers set to work .
  灯火一熄，这些不知疲倦的爱咬东西的家伙就开始闹将起来。