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Meanings of keep one's nose to the grindstone in English

Spanish
trabajar duramente

Work doggedly or persistently.

        trabajar duramente
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        Examples for "slog"
        Examples for "slog"
        1
        It means everyone involved questioning whether the hard slog is worth it.
        The Irish Times
        2
        So how come cycling in Ireland is still such a hard slog?
        The Irish Times
        3
        He always judges how good a team is by that 38-game slog.
        The Guardian
        4
        It was a slog; I began before iTunes, using its precursor SoundJam.
        The Guardian
        5
        As I write that Trott tries a slog-sweep, but no damage done.
        The Guardian
        1
        The weekly post where you can plug away to your heart's content.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Some still plug away, of course, viewing regime change in Iraq as justification enough.
        The Guardian
        3
        Told me what a howling chump I was to plug away on a newspaper on space.
        Frank Merriwell's Pursuit; Or, How to Win
        4
        From what I hear, sometimes you don't even have to plug away before something turns up.
        The vaults
        5
        Nuclear power source too, so plug away.
        Artemis Fowl
        1
        So I will stay here and peg away as long as it lasts.
        Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875
        2
        Well, I'll peg away; I can do nothing else, and wouldn't if I could.
        The Mind of the Artist / Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sc...
        3
        He took the little red peg away from her and stuck it in its hole.
        The Prussian Officer
        4
        Well, other briefless barristers peg away at journalism, and political agency work, and coaching, and studying.
        Winding Paths
        5
        The only thing is to peg away.
        Of Human Bondage
        Translations for keep one's nose to the grindstone