Do you think I'm using "ease up" correctly in the following sentences?
1/ John doesn't look healthy at all. I think he needs to ease up on his studies and have some rest
2/ You're not chopping that wood, you're smashing it. Ease up on that axe!

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Do you think I'm using "ease up" correctly in the following sentences?
1/ John doesn't look healthy at all. I think he needs to ease up on his studies and have some rest
2/ You're not chopping that wood, you're smashing it. Ease up on that axe!

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Yeah! In both situations you are using it correctly.

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Yep, you used them perfectly. The only (tiny) suggestion is when you say "I think he needs to ease up on his studies and have some rest", to sound like a native speaker (at least in the US), you'd say, "I think he needs to ease up on his studies and get some rest".

It's a tiny suggestion, and the way you wrote it is not wrong. 👍👍👍