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
Beryl	['beril]
Isabel	ee-sah-BEL (Spanish), IZ-ə-bel (English), ee-za-BEL (French), ee-zah-BEL (German)	Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German
Denise	de-NEEZ (French), də-NEES (English), də-NEE-sə (Dutch)	French, English, Dutch
Erle (1)	-	Norwegian
Christiane	kris-tee-AH-nə (German), krees-TYAHN (French)	German, French
KaĞAn	-	Turkish