Learning to play the piano isn't easy. You have to work at it.

学弹钢琴不容易，你非得下功夫不可。

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I want you to really work at it.

我希望你脚踏实地地去做。

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The uniform answer: I'm shy but I work at it.

他们的答案都是相同的：我很害羞，但我努力克服。

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You really have to work at it." Junior Achievement says three hundred eighty-five thousand volunteers support its programs around the world.

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It's great idea with a lot of hard work and then you work at it for year, two years, three years, four years, five years, six years, seven years, eight, nine, 10.

勤奋的工作，一年两年，三年,有或者更多，甚至10年，是很好的想法。

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Let's pretend that at work, your boss gives you too much work and not enough time to finish it.

假设你上班的时候，老板给了你太多的工作，你没有足够的时间来完成它。

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If she stops driving, she will have access to transportation without having to work at it.

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But if this dream still matters to you, you will continue to work at it in some way.

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This year, I decided to work at it through diet alone and last month, I finally got below 220-lbs.

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