to begin working seriously at or on
Example:
I must get down to some letters!
| Arabic: | يَبْدَأ العَمَل |
| Chinese (Simplified): | 开始认真对待 |
| Chinese (Traditional): | 開始認真對待 |
| Czech: | pustit se do |
| Danish: | komme i gang med |
| Dutch: | een begin maken met |
| Estonian: | (midagi) tõsiselt käsile võtma |
| Finnish: | käydä käsiksi |
| French: | se mettre à |
| German: | sich daran machen |
| Greek: | καταπιάνομαι με δουλειά, στρώνομαι |
| Hungarian: | nekilát vminek, foglalkozni kezd vmivel |
| Icelandic: | drífa sig í að gera e-ð, koma sér að verki |
| Indonesian: | mulai bekerja |
| Italian: | mettersi a* |
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| Japanese: | 真剣に～にとりかかる |
| Latvian: | ķerties pie (kāda darba) |
| Lithuanian: | imtis |
| Norwegian: | ta fatt på, gå i gang med |
| Polish: | zabrać się poważnie do |
| Portuguese (Brazil): | debruçar-se sobre |
| Portuguese (Portugal): | atirar-se a |
| Romanian: | a se pune pe |
| Russian: | принять за что-л. |
| Slovak: | dať sa do |
| Slovenian: | spraviti se (k) |
| Spanish: | ponerse a |
| Swedish: | komma i gång med |
| Turkish: | ciddî bir şekilde işe başlamak, *sarılmak |
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to begin to work (hard) at
Example:
I must get down to work tonight, as the exams start next week.
| Arabic: | يَبدأ العمَل الجَدّي |
| Chinese (Simplified): | 开始认真对待 |
| Chinese (Traditional): | 開始認真對待 |
| Czech: | pustit se do |
| Danish: | komme igang med |
| Dutch: | in ernst beginnen met |
| Estonian: | (midagi) tõsiselt kätte võtma |
| Finnish: | käydä käsiksi |
| French: | se mettre à |
| German: | sich daranmachen |
| Greek: | στρώνομαι στη δουλειά |
| Icelandic: | taka til við |
| Indonesian: | memulai |
| Italian: | mettersi a* |
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| Japanese: | 取りかかる |
| Latvian: | ķerties |
| Lithuanian: | imtis |
| Norwegian: | ta fatt på |
| Polish: | zabrać się do |
| Portuguese (Brazil): | lançar-se a |
| Portuguese (Portugal): | atirar-se a |
| Romanian: | a începe să |
| Russian: | серьёзно заняться (чем-л.) |
| Slovak: | pustiť sa do |
| Slovenian: | lotiti se |
| Spanish: | ponerse a |
| Swedish: | ta itu med, sätta i gång med |
| Turkish: | (ciddî biçimde) yapmaya başlamak |
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