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101 set aside
to keep for a special use or purpose:يَدَّخِرHe set aside some cash for use at the weekend.
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102 set back
to delay the progress of:يُعيق، يُؤَخِّرHis illness set him back a bit at school.
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103 set down
يُنْزِلThe bus set us down outside the post-office.
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104 set eyes on
to see, especially for the first time:تَقَع عَيْناه على، يَرى لأول مَرَّهI wish I'd never set eyes on her!
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105 set free
to make (someone) free:يُطْلِق سَراحThe soldiers set the terrorists' prisoners free.
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106 set in
to begin or become established:يَبْدأ، يَسود، يُسَيْطِرBoredom soon set in among the children.
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107 set light to
to cause to begin burning:يُشْعِل، يَضَعُ النّارَ فيHe set light to the pile of rubbish in his garden.
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108 set (something or someone) on (someone)
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109 set (something or someone) on (someone)
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110 set one's seal to
to give one's authority or agreement to:يُعْطي مُوافَقَتَهHe set his seal to the proposals for reforms.
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111 set phrase
a phrase which always occurs in one form, and which cannot be changed:تَعْبير ثابِت"Of no fixed abode" is a set phrase.
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112 set (someone) against (someone)
to cause (a person) to dislike (another person):يُسَبِّب كراهِيَة، يُثير عَداوَهShe set the children against their father.
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113 set (someone) against (someone)
to cause (a person) to dislike (another person):يُسَبِّب كراهِيَة، يُثير عَداوَهShe set the children against their father.
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114 set (someone) an example
to act in such a way that other people will copy one's behaviour:يكونُ مَثَلا يُحْتَذىTeachers must set a good example to their pupils.
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115 set (something or someone) on (someone)
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116 set (something or someone) on (someone)
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117 set the pace
to go forward at a particular speed which everyone else has to follow:يُحَدِّد سُرْعَةHer experiments set the pace for future research.
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118 set to
to start to do something (vigorously):يَبدأ العَمَل بِنَشاطThey set to, and finished the work the same day.
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119 set to rights
to put back into the correct order, state etc:يُرَتِّب في التَّرتيب الصَّحيحThe room was in a dreadful mess, and it took us the whole day to set it to rights.
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120 set to work
to start work:Could you get to work painting that ceiling?
يَبْدأ العَمَلI'll have to set to work on this mending this evening.
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Set — (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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