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  • 41sét- — ⇒SÉT(I) , (SÉT , SÉTI )élém. formant Élém. tiré du lat. saet(i) , de saeta « soie, poil rude », entrant dans la constr. de qq. termes de sc. nat. A. [Le 2e élém. est un suff. fr.]: sétacé, ée, adj., entomol. Qui est grêle, raide et graduellement… …

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  • 42set-up — ♦♦ set ups also setup 1) N COUNT A particular set up is a particular system or way of organizing something. [INFORMAL] It appears to be an idyllic domestic set up... I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole setup of the university. 2)… …

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  • 43set-to — [set′to͞o΄] n. pl. set tos [< phr. SET TO] Informal 1. a fight or struggle; esp., a fist fight 2. any brisk or vigorous contest or argument; bout …

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  • 44set-to — /set tooh /, n., pl. set tos. a usually brief, sharp fight or argument. [1735 45; n. use of v. phrase set to] * * * …

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  • 45set-to — n [C usually singular] informal a short fight or quarrel = ↑argument ▪ Tom and I had a bit of a set to last night. →set to at ↑set1 …

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  • 46set\ on — • set (up)on v 1. To begin suddenly to fight against; attack fiercely. Tom was walking through the park when a gang of boys set on him. 2. To cause to attack. Some boys went to steal melons but the farmer set his dog on them …

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  • 47set-to — set tos N COUNT A set to is a dispute or fight. [INFORMAL] This was the subject of a bit of a set to between Smith and his record company …

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  • 48set on — set upon the relentless Cossacks set upon village after village Syn: attack, assail, assault, hit, strike, beat, thrash, pummel, wallop, set about, fall on; informal lay into, lace into, let someone have it, work over, rough up, knock… …

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  • 49Set — Set: Das Substantiv mit der Bedeutung »Satz gleichartiger oder sich ergänzender Gegenstände« ist in der 1. Hälfte des 20. Jh.s aus engl. set »Satz, Garnitur, Kreis von Personen«, älter »religiöse Gemeinschaft, Sekte« entlehnt worden. In dieser… …

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  • 50set — (plural sets) sustantivo masculino 1. Área: deporte Cada una de las partes en que se divide un partido en deportes como el tenis, el voleibol o el pimpón: El español gana por tres sets a uno. 2. Conjunto de elementos relacionados entre sí o con… …

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