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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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What does this sentence mean?
What does this sentence mean? Can anyone one explain it in a simpler way? And tell me under what kind of circumstances I can use it?
Maria looks set to invade the music scene with her style and image.
Maria looks set to invade the music scene with her style and image.
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It means it looks that Maria is going to blow the music-world up with her new style and the way she behave. "Set to" is a phrasal verb means "to fight with".
- It means it looks that Maria is going to blow the music-world up with her new style and the way she behave.
- "Set to" is a phrasal verb means "to fight with".
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It means it looks that Maria is going to blow the music-world up with her new style and the way she behave. "Set to" is a phrasal verb means "to fight with".
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Maria looks set to invade the music scene with her style and image.
'set to' can mean fight, but not in this context. Here it means 'be deteminedto/bound to/just about to'
'set to' can mean fight, but not in this context. Here it means 'be deteminedto/bound to/just about to'
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Hi guys,
Yes, 'set to' can have that meaning, but not here.
Here, the meaning is 'Mary is ready to . . '.
eg Tom is set to eat dinner'.
Often, you'll find an emphatic 'all', eg Tom is all set to eat dinner.
You find a similar use of 'set' in the traditional way of starting a race by saying to the runners,
Ready.
Set. (ie b
Yes, 'set to' can have that meaning, but not here.
Here, the meaning is 'Mary is ready to . . '.
eg Tom is set to eat dinner'.
Often, you'll find an emphatic 'all', eg Tom is all set to eat dinner.
You find a similar use of 'set' in the traditional way of starting a race by saying to the runners,
Ready.
Set. (ie b
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