strive to do

strive to do something

to try hard to do something. She strove very hard to do what she had set out to do. Please strive to do it as best you can.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Melika	-	Hawaiian
Emelie	EM-e-lee	Swedish
Manfred	MAHN-fret (German, Polish), MAHN-frət (Dutch)	German, Dutch, Polish
Mahli	MAH-lie (English), MAY-lie (English)	Biblical
Johano	yo-HAH-no	Esperanto
Elrond	-	Literature