Apr 22, 2016 10:24
8 yrs ago
English term

set about it

English to Italian Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
If she could feel she had a duty to read then she could set about it with clear conscience, with the pleasure, if pleasure there was, incidental.

Proposed translations

+2
39 mins
Selected

iniziare/cominciare a farlo

:)
Peer comment(s):

agree Pierluigi Bernardini
3 hrs
Grazie Pierluigi! :)
agree MariaGrazia Pizzoli
1 day 1 hr
Grazie Maria Grazia! :)
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7 mins

poteva accingersi a farlo

intuisco questo significato
Peer comment(s):

agree Vienna P.
1 hr
grazie :)
disagree Elisa Montorsi : "set someon's mind about something" ha il significato di "decidersi/convincersi a fare qualcosa"
2 hrs
be', la mia espressione non molto diversa.... vuol dire "mettersi a farlo", in questo caso "mettersi/accingersi a leggere"....
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+1
8 mins

Mettere all'opera

Iniziare un compito

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Note added at 9 mins (2016-04-22 10:34:14 GMT)
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O mettersi all'opera
Peer comment(s):

agree Elena Zanetti
2 hrs
Grazie Elena:)
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+1
2 hrs

mettersi al lavoro/intraprenderlo

,
Peer comment(s):

agree Elisa Montorsi
29 mins
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