take pains to

take (great) pains to do something

also go to (great) pains to do something

to try very hard to do something We took great pains to insure that no one felt left out.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
August	OW-guwst (German, Polish), AW-gəst (English)	German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Catalan, English
Sarai	SER-ie (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Baise	[beiz]
Vera	['viərə]
April	['eiprəl]
Meadhbh	MAYV	Irish, Irish Mythology