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at pains, be at

at pains, be at

Also, take pains. Make a special effort or take extra trouble to do something. For example, Bob was at pains to make a good first impression and wore his best suit, or Mary took pains to make sure her speech would interest the audience. [First half of 1500s]

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Svatava-Czech
Hann-Medieval English
Johannayo-HAH-nah (German), yo-HAHN-nah (Danish, Dutch), YO-hahn-nah (Finnish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, English, Late Roman
Ivey['aivi]
YakovYAH-kahf (Russian)Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian
AzİZ-Turkish
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