1.set fire to 使燃烧，点燃
例句：A boy set fire to a firework, and it burned on the sticks.
一个男孩点燃了一个爆竹，爆竹在木柴上燃烧起来。
2.set foot in/on 进入，到达
例句：They just set foot in the entrance, when a well-dressed man approached them.
他们前脚走进入口，一个良好着装的男子迎面走来。
3.set forth 阐明，陈述；动身，后程，提出
例句：This evening I will set forth policies to advance that ideal at home and around the world.
今天晚上，我将提出为在国内和全世界推进这一理念所必需的政策。
4.set free 释放，使自由；放弃,脱开
例句：Breathing it, Robert felt as if he was set free from a cage.
呼吸着空气，罗伯特感觉自己像是被人从牢笼释放出来一般。
5.set one's heart/mind on sth. /on doing sth. —心想得到某物（做某事），决心得到某物（做某事）
例句：But he really had his heart set on one of them, which is not far from his father's home.
但他一心想得到那个离他爸爸家不远的那个地方。
6.set sth. in motion 使某物开始运转（工作）
例句：If God created the world, and set nature into motion, and in what way is God responsible or irresponsible.
如果上帝创造了世界，让自然开始运转，那么上帝对什么有责任，又对什么没有责任呢？