take pains

take (great) pains (to do something)

Fig. to make a great effort to do something. Tom took pains to decorate the room exactly right. We took great pains to get there on time.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ConcepciÓN	kawn-thep-THYON (Spanish), kawn-sep-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Mika (1)	MEE-kah	Finnish
Mariam	-	Biblical Greek, Georgian, Armenian, Arabic
Stafford	['stæfəd]
Leonardo	le-o-NAHR-do (Italian, Spanish), lee-ə-NAHR-do (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, History
Aldus	-	Medieval English