Sentence examples of "se mettre au travail" in French
Sitôt leur réunion terminée, ils se mirent au travail.
As soon as their meeting was over, they set to work.
Pour une raison ou une autre je n'arrive pas à me mettre au travail.
For some reason or other I cannot bring myself to work.
Allons, Jacques, c'est Noël. Tu dois te mettre au diapason des choses.
Come on Jack, it's Christmas. You've got to get into the spirit of things.
Tom fut appelé par son patron pour être arrivé en retard au travail.
Tom was called down by his boss for coming late to work.
Je venais de me mettre au lit quand le téléphone commença à sonner.
I had hardly gotten into bed when the telephone began to ring.
Il a tendance à se mettre en colère quand les gens s'opposent à lui.
He tends to get angry when people oppose him.
Les Indiens étaient prêts à se mettre sur le sentier de la guerre à la moindre provocation.
The band of Indians were ready to go on the warpath at the slightest provocation.
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