I want to devote this post talking about the verb "set". How many meanings can you name? (It'll be gtreat if you answer).
Just take a look at them.
set - to put something in a particular place or position - He set a vase of flowers on the table.
set - If a story, film, etc. is set in a particular time or place, theaction in it happens in that time or place - "West Side Story" is set in New York City in the late 1950s.
set - to cause something or someone to be in the stated condition or situation - The new director has set a lot of changes in motion in our department.
set smb/smth doing smth - to cause someone or something to start doing something - The thunderstorm set the radio crackling.
set sb to work - to give someone work to do - I was set to work dusting the bookshelves.
set - to establish or decide something - Lewis has set a new world record.
set - to get something ready so that it comes into operation or can be used - I usually set my watch by the time on the computer.
set - to put furniture and other things on a stage so that it represents the time and the place in which the action of a play, film, or television programme is going tohappen - During the interval the stage was set for the second act.
set - to fix or make certain - Has a date/time been set for the meeting yet?
set - to give someone a piece of school work or homework to do - My science teacher always sets a lot of homework.
set - (of the sun, moon, or planets) to go down below the horizon (= the line at which the earth seems to join the sky) - The setting sun cast long shadows across the lawn.
So what would you say? And don't forget that I didn't write the phrasal verbs.
Just take a look at them.
set - to put something in a particular place or position - He set a vase of flowers on the table.
set - If a story, film, etc. is set in a particular time or place, theaction in it happens in that time or place - "West Side Story" is set in New York City in the late 1950s.
set - to cause something or someone to be in the stated condition or situation - The new director has set a lot of changes in motion in our department.
set smb/smth doing smth - to cause someone or something to start doing something - The thunderstorm set the radio crackling.
set sb to work - to give someone work to do - I was set to work dusting the bookshelves.
set - to establish or decide something - Lewis has set a new world record.
set - to get something ready so that it comes into operation or can be used - I usually set my watch by the time on the computer.
set - to put furniture and other things on a stage so that it represents the time and the place in which the action of a play, film, or television programme is going tohappen - During the interval the stage was set for the second act.
set - to fix or make certain - Has a date/time been set for the meeting yet?
set - to give someone a piece of school work or homework to do - My science teacher always sets a lot of homework.
set - (of the sun, moon, or planets) to go down below the horizon (= the line at which the earth seems to join the sky) - The setting sun cast long shadows across the lawn.
So what would you say? And don't forget that I didn't write the phrasal verbs.
