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Evelyn Nguyen
2021-03-14 08:03
Set your sights on something/on doing something verb phrase
Have a strong ambition to achieve something
Peter has set his sights on the gold medal.
Since I was young, I have set my sights on being a doctor.
Our team set our sights on winning the competition.
I set my sights on reaching Fansipan peak.
1.To have one's gun aimed at someone or something
2.To consider someone or something as one's goal
To accept what is lower than your hope or your goals
To concentrate on attaining a particular goal or award.
To pursue unrealistic or impossible goals
1.To approach someone or something with the goal of achieving a certain result.
2. To take decisive action to convert a situation to your advantage.
The verb "set" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This idiom originated from the act of looking through the gun's sights before shooting to aim at the target and have his/her sights set on that target.
Do you see anything wrong?
Men are normally responsible for building the house, while women decorate that house to make it become a home.
A: I built this house; meanwhile, my wife was in charge of designing its interior and exterior.
B: It is true that men make houses, women make homes.
