1. get down to: to finally start
doing something, especially work, after you have been avoiding doing it or
after something has prevented you from doing it
例：
Come on Sam—it's time you got down to some
homework. （山姆，趕緊的，該開始做作業(yè)了。）
It's time to stop delaying and get down to
work. （別拖拖拉拉了，開始做事吧。）
get down to to doing something
When the summer comes, we must get down to
painting the outside of the house. （夏天一來，我們就要把房子外墻漆一下了。）
get down to business
OK, can everyone take a seat now, and we'll
get down to business. （好了，大家都就座吧，我們開始談?wù)?。?/span>
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2. start on: to start a piece of
work that will take a fairly long time
例：
The exam was almost over and I hadn't even
started on question 3. （考試都快結(jié)束了，我還沒開始做第三道題。）
It was time to start on all those little
jobs around the house that he'd been putting off. （房子周圍的那些瑣碎活兒早該干了，他一直拖著不干，現(xiàn)在是時候開始干了。）
We can't start on the building work until
planning permission comes through. （建筑許可證沒批下來，就不能動工。）
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3. set about: to start a long and
fairly difficult piece of work, especially in an energetic and determined way
例：
They set about creating a new Web site. （他們開始建一個新的網(wǎng)站。）
Philip set about the task with a great deal
of energy and enthusiasm. （菲利普滿懷熱情地開始做事。）
set about doing something
If there is a serious problem, it's far
better to admit it and set about tackling it. （如果出了大問題，與其回避，不如承認(rèn)問題所在并著手處理。）
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4. set :
例：
We have no idea what set her crying? （我們都不知道她怎么就哭起來了。）
Her question set me to wondering if I had
made the right decision. （她問的這個問題，讓我反思自己的決定是否正確。）
Sources say that the governor has set
the wheels in motion for a run for the presidency. （有消息表明，這個州長已經(jīng)開始準(zhǔn)備競選總統(tǒng)了。）
Why don't we set to work really early, and
try to get it finished in one day? （我們不如早點開始工作，好在一天內(nèi)做完。）
Workmen had already set to work to clear
the fallen trees. （工人已經(jīng)開始清理倒下的樹木了。）
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5. settle down to: to start doing
something after a delay or interruption that has stopped you giving it your
full attention
例：
After lunch the children settled down to
finish their homework. （午飯過后，孩子們開始做作業(yè)。）
I sorted out my mail, and then settled down
to some serious work. （我把信件整理好，然后開始做正經(jīng)事。）
settle down to doing something
It was two o'clock before I could finally
settle down to writing the next chapter. （我2:00才開始寫下一段。）
注：這個詞組后接動詞原形或ing形式都可以。
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6. launch into: to suddenly start
doing something
例：
Don't just launch into exercise without
warming up first. （做運動前一定要先熱身。）
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7. put something?on: to?start?cooking?something
開始煮
例：
Shall?I?put?the?pasta?on?now?
（我現(xiàn)在可以開始煮意面了嗎？）
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8. come to/grow to/get to: to
gradually start to like, fear, expect etc. something over a period of time
例：
At first I thought he was a bit strange,
but I grew to like and respect him over the years. （一開始，我覺得他有點奇怪，但這么多年相處下來，我逐漸開始喜歡他、敬仰他了。）
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