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starting work (on)
  1. 1 starting work (on), setting to work (on), setting about (doing), beginning, commencing, embarking on
  2. 2 commencing (a crime) — also written as 著手
  3. 3 playing (a move)
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#5378
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • The government started tax reform.

    sense 1 · starting work (on)

  • We began on a new project.

    sense 1 · starting work (on)

  • He undertook a great deal of work.

    sense 1 · starting work (on)

  • The police set out to solve the crime.

    sense 1 · starting work (on)

  • The government undertook a drastic reform of parliament.

    sense 1 · starting work (on)

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