slave away at something

slave away (at something)

in. to work very hard (doing something). I’m slaving away for $7 an hour and have no prospects for the future.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cade	KAYD	English
Ayaka	ah-yah-kah	Japanese
Mihammad	-	Arabic
Johannes	yo-HAH-nes (German), yo-HAHN-nəs (Dutch, Danish), YO-hahn-nes (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Curtis	KUR-tis	English
Macie	MAY-see	English