to make a great effort to help or please someone
прилагать большие усилия, чтобы помочь или угодить кому-то (prilagat bolshie usiliya chtoby pomoch ili ugodit komu-to)
"She bent over backwards to make the event successful."
"Она приложила все усилия, чтобы мероприятие прошло успешно." (Ona prilozhila vse usiliya chtoby meropriatie proshlo uspeshno)
to take strict action to stop something
to join someone to work or participate together
to be ruthless or extremely determined in achieving somethin...
to take on a task that is too difficult
what is normal or expected in a given situation
don’t rush; use as much time as needed