at pains

Striving. Used to describe someone who is putting forth effort towards some goal or end. Annabelle is at pains to make sure her relatives are comfortable when they come to visit. So far, she's cleaned the whole house and set up all the guest rooms.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Evdokija	-	Macedonian
Bailee	BAY-lee	English (Modern)
Theresa	tə-REE-sə (English), tə-RAY-zə (English), te-RE-zah (German)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Giuliana	joo-LYAH-nah	Italian
JoŠKo	-	Croatian
Tapio	TAH-pee-o (Finnish)	Finnish, Finnish Mythology