apply oneself

To try hard or concentrate one's abilities (toward something). Without the preposition "to," it refers to a concentrated effort in general. I know you think you won't be able to understand this level of math, but you just need to apply yourself, and you'll find success. If we apply ourselves to the problem, we'll find a solution eventually.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Theodoar	-	Ancient Germanic
Baldrey	['bɔ:ldri]
Graham	GRAY-əm, GRAM	Scottish, English
Nyyrikki	-	Finnish Mythology
Page	[peidʒ]
Teresa	te-RE-sah (Spanish, Polish), te-RE-zah (Italian, German), TE-re-sah (Finnish), tə-REE-sə (English), tə-REE-zə (English)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English