Things improved when we got down to the specifics.

情况在我们开始认真讨论细节时有了改善。

It's time I got down to thinking about that essay.

我该认真思考一下那篇论文了。

After exchanging the usual pleasantries, they got down to serious discussion.

互致寒暄之后，他们便开始严肃的讨论了。

She had compiled pages of notes, but she had not yet got down to doing the actual writing.

她已辑录了多篇笔记，但她还没有着手实际的写作。

He had got down to the bare bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple.

他已经到了它骨干的部分，它们美好，结实，简朴。