We finished loading and set off.

我们装完货物就出发了。

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They set off at a leisurely pace.

他们步态悠闲地出发了。

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Who set off the fire alarm?

谁拉响了火警报警器？

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The team of students and research volunteers set off on a three-week boat trip to examine the area.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The sheer cacophony of the clustered consonants in this line sets off -or has the potential to set off -- a powerful cluster of feelings.

这句诗中辅音全然不和谐，使人觉得,或者有意向让人觉得-，有力量的层叠之感。

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So they started off. They wanted to have-- They set up peace talks where a representative of the Eagle and a representative of the Rattler were set to meet and plan ways so that they could disarm and stop using cuss words and everything like that.

然后他们开始了，他们想…,他们进行和谈,老鹰队的代表,和响尾蛇队的代表,安排见面，制定方法,从而解除武装，不再说脏话,诸如此类的目标。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The 34-year-old finished off a set-piece for his first, firing Simon Heslop's short lay-off past Harriers keeper Ross Atkins, who could only get a hand to the ball.

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"While trying to tell a complete story within the 60-second format, much of the backstory has to be implied or set up off-camera, " the spokesman said in an e-mail.

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The bipartisan trade-off: implement a budget-neutral carbon tax off-set by lowering income or corporate taxes elsewhere.

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