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work really hard (ART Vancouver); work long and hard (I worked long and hard to get that opportunity. ART Vancouver); bust one's ass (КГА); beaver (как бобёр); slave away (Taras) | |||
put in great effort; be an overachiever | |||
be hard at work (+ gerund; example provided by ART Vancouver: Our design and restoration team has been hard at work bringing the 16th-century castle's interiors back to life.) | |||
beaver away (как бобер) | |||
beaver away (joyand) | |||
put one's nose to the grindstone (The mayor should be putting his nose to the grindstone to fix this problem right now. ART Vancouver); keep one's nose to the grindstone (to do hard, continuous work (Merriam-Webster) | to work very hard for a long time (Cambridge Dictionary) *ONE'S nose*: It's 11:37 am...just about finished their 2 hour break in time for their 3 hour lunch. Then nose to the grindstone for 15 minutes of solid work and call it a day. Brutal working conditions... ART Vancouver) |