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
Louise	loo-EEZ (French, English), loo-EE-se (Danish)	French, English, Danish, Swedish, Dutch
Squires	['skwaiəz]
Nunzia	NOON-tsyah	Italian
Montgomery	[mənt'gʌməri]
Lavelle	['lævil]
Zerah	-	Biblical