go to great pains

go to/take great pains to do something

to try very hard to do something I went to great pains to get this record for you.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anstey	['ænsti]
Wallace	WAWL-əs	English, Scottish
Arbuthnot	[a:'bʌθnət]
Eun-Jung	uwn-jung	Korean
Carlinhos	-	Portuguese
Brynjar	-	Norwegian, Icelandic