He set out to chisel a dog out of sandstone.

他开始用凿子将砂岩雕刻成一只狗。

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You spend a day putting out files, but by the end of the day, you haven't accomplished any of the really important things you set out to do.

你花了一天的时间整理文件，但是到一天结束，你还没有完成任何你计划要做的真正重要的事情。

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In 2005, researchers set out to find out why juniors at three Chicago public high schools were not getting the ACT scores they needed to qualify for scholarships and admission to colleges.

2005年，研究者开始着手研究为什么芝加哥三所中学的三年级学生不能考到能使他们得到奖学金或者是得到大学的门票的ACT分数。

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In any case, nineteen eighty-three was the year Ahmet Ertegun set out to establish an organization that became the foundation.

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I hadn't set out with a plan that I wanted to teach at some of the best universities in the country.

一开始，我并没有给自己制定目标,一定要在这些最好的大学执教。

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You get a set of solutions that are dependent upon -These quantum states fall out of the solution to this equation.

你得到一系列的解,这些解依赖于量子状态,和方程解不相干的解。

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The key change was that the constitution set out to replace all previous treaties, and set out the EU legal base from scratch.

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To find out, I set out to find a real expert.

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They'll need to have it worked out how to set out the various food items, manage the breakfast, and clean up and put it away afterward.

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