Sentence examples of "set about" in English

Select source language

Select target language

The ship is about to set sail. Le bateau est sur le point de mettre à la voile.

She doesn't want to talk about it. Elle ne veut pas en parler.

The diamond was set in a gold ring. Le diamant était enchâssé dans une bague en or.

We must tell him about it. Nous devons l'en informer.

He set his son up as a baker. Il a établi son fils comme boulanger.

Tell me about your plan. Parle-moi de ton plan.

A fund was launched to set up a monument in memory of the dead man. Une souscription a été lancée afin d'ériger un monument à mémoire du défunt.

From the look of the sky, the typhoon will probably be raging in all its fury about this time tomorrow. Vu l'état du ciel, le typhon se sera complètement déchaîné demain à cette heure.

Set the clock right. It's ten minutes fast. Règle la pendule. Elle avance de dix minutes.

I bought it for about twelve dollars. Je l'ai acheté pour douze dollars.

The prisoner was set at liberty yesterday. Le prisonnier a été remis en liberté hier.

He could not help seeing that you were about five times as pretty as every other woman in the room. Il ne pouvait s'empêcher de voir que tu étais à peu près cinq fois plus jolie que toutes les autres femmes dans la pièce.

Are you ready to set off? Es-tu prêt à commencer ?

Are you seriously thinking about buying a computer from that store? Pensez-vous sérieusement à acheter un ordinateur dans ce magasin ?

If you are a parent, don't allow yourself to set your heart on any particular line of work for your children. Si vous êtes parent, ne vous laissez pas aller à pencher en direction d'une voie professionnelle particulière pour vos enfants.

In addition, to about 30,000 yen, the wallet contained his driver's license. En plus d'environ 30.000 yens, son portefeuille contenait son permis de conduire.

He set out for Canada yesterday. Il est parti pour le Canada hier.

She was anxious about his health. Elle était préoccupée par sa santé.

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.

Don't worry about your dog. I'll take care of him. Ne vous faites pas de souci pour votre chien. J'en prendrai soin.

Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

In this section, you can see how words and expressions are used in different contexts using examples of translations made by professionals. The Contexts section will help you learn English, German, Spanish and other languages. Here you can find examples with phrasal verbs and idioms in texts that vary in style and theme. Examples can be sorted by translations and topics.

Learn foreign languages, see the translation of millions of words and expressions, and use them in your e-mail communication.

PROMT Professional NMT

Try offline translator for your PC and laptop

Download

PROMT Master NMT

Accurate document translation

Download