Students study hard for good grades.

Meaning: It means people who are studying at a school or college put in a lot of effort and determination to learn about something in order to get marks that are satisfactory or desirable.

Choice of Words: Students are people who are studying at a school or college. Study means to learn about something by reading, listening, or thinking. Hard means with a lot of effort and determination. Good means satisfactory or desirable. Grades are marks given to students to show how well they have done in a test or exam. When you put them together, the sentence is saying that people who are studying at a school or college learn about something by reading, listening, or thinking with a lot of effort and determination in order to get marks that are satisfactory or desirable.

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