Why don't you set him to work at something?

你为什么不让他干点什么？

youdao

If the devil catches a man idle, he'll set him to work.

魔鬼抓住懒汉就会使他工作。

youdao

The gardener has arrived and I've set him to work on the lawns first.

花匠来了，我已叫他先在草坪上干起来。

youdao

When that didn't work, he set out to destroy him through espionage, propaganda, delaying tactics and corporate muscle.

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Because it's such a small set-up, I get to work closely with him and of course I'm living with the family now, so it's like being completely integrated into something new.

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The World No.3 was on control from the start against Lacko, breaking him twice on the way to taking the opening set and then continuing the good work in the second.

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