I had set myself a tough assignment.

我给自己定了一项艰巨任务。

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I've set myself to finish the job by the end of the month.

我要求自己在月底以前完成这项工作。

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I have to plan my academic work very rigidly and set myself clear objectives.

我必须给我的学术工作制订非常严格的计划，并给自己规定明确的目标。

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And it is not for me to set myself up as the one person able to answer it.

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And you know the answer is yes because I wouldn't set myself up for failure like this, would I?

你知道答案是，是,因为我不会为了这个而承担失败的风险，为什么我不会呢？

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So I took some classes in photography so that I could set up a studio to, to do all the food photography myself.

我上了一些关于摄影的课，这样，我就能建立一个工作室，独立完成食物的拍摄工作。

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"I want to maintain the high standards that I set myself last year and build upon them, " he told the club's website.

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So I really think that there is a lot of pressure on me to really set myself up for my own retirement and my parents.

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Yes, I do preliminary work to set myself up for success.

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