Sentence examples of "set about" in English
It's about time you set about cleaning the table.
Es ist Zeit, dass du beginnst, den Tisch zu säubern.
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Ich finde Fernsehen sehr lehrreich. Wann immer jemand den Apparat einschaltet, gehe ich ins Nebenzimmer und lese ein Buch.
Joking apart, you ought to see a doctor about your headache.
Mal im Ernst, du solltest wegen deiner Kopfschmerzen zum Arzt gehen.
By the time we reached home, the sun had completely set.
Als wir zu Hause ankamen, war die Sonne schon ganz untergegangen.
Do you still like to talk about Germany as before?
Redest du noch immer so gerne wie sonst über Deutschland?
When I tried to set the glass down in the sink my hand slipped and it shattered to pieces.
Als ich das Glas in die Spüle stellen wollte, rutschte es mir aus der Hand und zerbrach.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in the United States — the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
Und heute Abend denke ich an alles, was sie im Laufe ihres Jahrhunderts in Amerika gesehen hat - den Kummer und die Hoffnung, den Kampf und den Fortschritt, die Zeit, in der wir gesagt bekamen, dass wir nicht können, und die Leute, die am amerikanischen Glauben festhielten: Ja, wir können.
We had an early lunch and set out at 12:30.
Wir haben früher als sonst zu Mittag gegessen und sind um 12:30 Uhr losgegangen.
In Spain they serve lunch at about two o'clock.
In Spanien servieren sie das Mittagessen um zwei Uhr.
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