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Lets learn effort.
Its a noun and the first meaning is similar to hard work.
I would help you but its too much effort.
It takes effort to succeed.
You do realise that, right?
If we use effort as a countable noun it can mean an attempt to do something.
Weve got to make a real effort to get there on time.
It was my best effort but it wasnt good enough.
Effort as a countable noun can also mean something thats difficult to do sometimes its a real effort to wake up in the morning.
I'm trying to learn a new language but it's a real effort.
So effort is all about hard work.
It can refer to the work itself or what we do with that work.
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