be at pains

To put forth effort toward 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.

be at pains to do something

to try very hard to make sure that you tell someone the correct information about something and that they understand it The management was at great pains to stress that there are no plans for closing down the factory.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gwenith	-	Welsh
Yared	-	Biblical Hebrew, Eastern African, Ethiopian
JesÚS	he-SOOS	Spanish
Clarissa	[klə'risə]
Wojciecha	voi-CHE-khah	Polish
Quincey	KWINT-see	English (Rare)