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
Sigfrido	seeg-FREE-do (Italian), seeg-FREE-dho (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Gyeong-Hui	gyung-hee	Korean
Humaira	-	Arabic, Urdu
Govind	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada
&Thorn;ÓRarinn	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Tewodros	-	Eastern African, Amharic