apply oneself to

apply oneself to something

to work hard and diligently at something. You should apply yourself to your studies. She applied herself to her work and the time passed very rapidly.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mauri	MOW-ree	Finnish
Radboud	RAHT-bowt	Dutch
Jonathan	JAHN-ə-thən (English), YO-nah-tahn (German)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Biblical
Lavrentiy	-	Russian
Mayur	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Jawdat	-	Arabic