The count moved in his affairs as in a huge net, trying not to believe that he was entangled but becoming more and more so at every step, and feeling too feeble to break the meshes or to set to work carefully and patiently to disentangle them.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

She soothed her mistress, assured her that everything would come round (it was her expression, and Matvey had borrowed it from her), and without fuss or hurry proceeded to set to work herself.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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To set the hand to
To set the heart at rest
To set the heart upon
To set the land
To set the palette
To set the teeth on edge
To set to sale
To set to work
To set up one's staff
To settle on
To settle the land
To shake a cask
To shake hands
To shake out a reef
To shake the bells

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