1 great effort

2 to strive

3 to try hard

1 to worship

2 adoration

1 to pay respect

2 worship

3 visit

4 salute

1 to pay a New Year call

2 to wish sb a Happy New Year

1 surgery (branch of medicine)

1 to use one's best efforts to do sth (idiom)

1 to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest

2 buffoonery

1 to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom)

2 (fig.) to worship

3 to bow down to

1 Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)