Usage examples of "set to work" in English with translation to German

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We set to work with might and main. Wir gingen nach Leibeskräften an die Arbeit.

We may as well set to work at once. Wir können uns ruhig gleich an die Arbeit machen.

The standard pitch A is used as referential pitch for tuning most of all instruments and is set to 440 Hertz. Der Kammerton A wird als Referenztonhöhe für die Stimmung der allermeisten Instrumente verwendet und liegt bei 440 Hertz.

They were freed to work for themselves. Sie wurden befreit um für sich selbst zu arbeiten.

Please move the TV set to the left. Bitte rücken Sie den Fernseher nach links.

Do you need to work on Sunday? Hast du es nötig, sonntags zu arbeiten?

I plan to work in a brothel. Ich habe vor, in einem Bordell zu arbeiten.

I will have to work on Sunday. Ich muss am Sonntag arbeiten.

You want to work at METRO?! Du willst bei METRO arbeiten?!

Every day I either ride a bike or get the bus to work. Jeden Tag fahre ich entweder mit dem Fahrrad oder mit dem Bus zur Arbeit.

You only have to work hard. Du musst nur fleißig arbeiten.

They agreed to work together on the project. Sie einigten sich für das Projekt zusammenzuarbeiten.

Mr. Norton is pleasant to work with. Es ist angenehm, mit Herrn Norton zusammen zu arbeiten.

I like to work. Ich arbeite gerne.

I feel for my father, who has to work on Sundays. Ich bedaure meinen Vater, der an Sonntagen arbeiten muss.

Tom usually doesn't have to work on Monday afternoons. Am Montagnachmittag muss Tom gewöhnlich nicht arbeiten.

I had hardly started to work when it began to rain. Kaum hatte ich angefangen zu arbeiten, begann es zu regnen.

I have to work. Ich muss arbeiten.

Nobody wants to work outdoors on a cold day. Niemand will an einem kalten Tag draußen arbeiten.

My father is too old to work. Mein Vater ist zu alt zum Arbeiten.

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