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'set himself the task' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which someone sets out to do a difficult or challenging project or goal. For example, "John wanted to learn to play guitar, so he set himself the task of practicing every day."
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Jeebleh has set himself the task to kill Caloosha.
He set himself the task of reconquering from Poland Lithuania the Ukrainian possessions of his forefathers.
Pamuk set himself the task of identifying with the "Islamists - the devil in Turkey's westernised media.
Jelon Vieira has bravely set himself the task of blending traditional and concert dance forms.
Sanghera set himself the task of learning about his sister's and father's illnesses in detail.
Filene has set himself the task of telling the stories' story.
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Therefore, Mulla Sadra set himself the tasks of proving physical resurrection, spending much time discussing what was meant by the resurrection body (and indeed the body of the afterlife), the refutation of metempsychosis and affirming the reality of the afterlife.
For the book, Wilson willingly sets himself the task of humanising the object of his ire, and attempting to understand exactly what people see in her.
The difficulty is caused by the fact that Heidegger sets himself the task of what he calls a "destruction" of the philosophical tradition.
With admirable arrogance, it is the question of being that Heidegger sets himself the task of inquiring into in Being and Time.
Some people "won't hear a word against" Mandela, he writes, and so sets himself the task of finding all the "words against" he can.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
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