VERBS
- be, look, seem
- get (used when starting a race)
- Get set … Go!
ADV
- all
- Are you all set? Let's go!
PREP
- for
- The Italian team looks set for victory
PREP
- against
- Her father is dead set against the marriage
- on
- The council is now set on expanding the sports centre
ADJ
- complete, full, whole
- common
- These two species share a common set of characteristics
- closed, open
- A grammatical choice is drawn from a closed set of options
- complex
- data, instruction
- a computer's instruction set
- chess, dinner, printing, tea, train
VERB + SET
- break up
- She had a complete set of these dining-room chairs but it was broken up after she died
- complete, make up
- She won a silver medal in the long jump to complete her set (= of all three types of medal)
SET + VERB
- comprise sth, consist of sth
PREP
- in a/the ~
- There are ten pictures in the set
- ~ of
- a set of accounts/books/ clothes/keys/valves a set of beliefs/circumstances/factors/guidelines
PHRASES
- one/part of a set
- The plate is part of a set
VERB + SET
- design
- build
- dismantle, take down
PREP
- off ~
- Off set, the two actors became close friends
- on (the) ~
- All the cast are on the set throughout
PHRASES
- in straight sets
- Rusedski won in straight sets (= his opponent won none)