Sentence examples of "set task" in English

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Probably she tried to set you against her friends. Elle a probablement essayé de vous monter contre ses amis.

He is equal to the task. Il est à la hauteur de la tâche.

A cloud of hornets set at the children. Un essaim de frelons s'en prit aux enfants.

The politician attempted a difficult task. L'homme politique entreprit une tâche difficile.

He set out at four in the morning. Il est parti à 4h du matin.

To rule a country is not an easy task. Diriger un pays n'est pas une tâche facile.

She set him to chopping wood. Elle lui fit couper du bois.

It is a difficult task, choosing what is "right" or "wrong", but you have to do it. C'est une tâche difficile, choisir ce qui est "bon" ou "mauvais", mais il faut le faire.

The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human. Le but du propagandiste est de faire oublier à un ensemble de personnes que certains autres ensembles de personnes sont humaines.

She isn't adequate to the task. Elle ne convient pas à la tâche.

Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man’s unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires. Le christianisme s'est fixé comme but de satisfaire aux désirs inaccessibles de l'homme, mais pour cette raison a ignoré ses désirs accessibles.

We did not expect him to finish the task in so short a time. Nous ne nous attendions pas à ce qu'il termine le travail en si peu de temps.

They set out with a guide just in case they lost their way. Ils partirent avec un guide juste au cas où ils se perdraient.

He had to take over the task. Il dut prendre la tâche en charge.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. Je trouve la télévision très éducative. Chaque fois que quelqu'un allume le poste, je vais lire un livre dans la pièce d'à coté.

To prevent the disease from spreading quickly was not an easy task. Empêcher la maladie de se répandre à toute vitesse n'a pas été une chose facile.

He set out to do something that had never been done before. Il entreprit de faire quelque chose qui n'avait jamais été fait auparavant.

Admittedly, this is an unrewarding task, but somebody has got to deal with it. Il est vrai que c'est une tâche ingrate, mais quelqu'un doit s'en occuper.

If you want to be free, destroy your television set. Si tu veux être libre, détruis ta télévision.

I must excuse myself from the task, because I am unequal to it. Je dois m'abstenir de la tâche car je n'en suis pas à la hauteur.

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