take the trouble

take the trouble (to do something)

to make an effort to do something (that one might not otherwise do). I wish I had taken the trouble to study this matter more carefully. I just didn't have enough time to take the trouble.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lelio	-	Italian
Caridad	kah-ree-DHAHD	Spanish
Nedelcho	-	Bulgarian
Hilda	HIL-də (English), HIL-dah (German, Dutch)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Ancient German
Amaryllis	am-ə-RIL-is (English)	Literature
ŠTefanija	shte-FAHN-ee-yah (Croatian)	Slovene, Croatian