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
Darius	[də'raiəs]
Nannie	NAN-ee	English
Elyzabeth	i-LIZ-ə-bəth	English (Rare)
Walburga	-	German
Sergei	syer-GYAY (Russian), seer-GYAY (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
Ezekiel	[i'zi:kjəl]