Focus the energy on the task and let nothing get in the way.

But he needed to focus on the task at hand.

I made an effort to focus on the task in hand.

A second time, he had to focus himself on the task ahead.

Instead, they tried to focus on the task at hand.

But from then on their task was not so easy.

The school teacher in me wanted to stay on task.

It wasn't easy for me to keep her attention on the task.

But it was quite difficult to keep his mind on the task.

He closed his eyes to better focus on the task at hand.