hack away at (something)

Translations
рубить (что-то)
The workers were hacking away at the old tree.
Рабочие рубили старое дерево.
Definitions
To work persistently and diligently on a task or problem, often in a repetitive or laborious manner, until it is resolved or completed.
Words
hack

verb
рубить
away

adverb
прочь
at

preposition
над
something

pronoun
чем-то