Katie Anh
2022-05-31 10:05
Take (great) pains (to do something)/go to great pains (to do something) spoken language verb phrase
To spend a lot of effort, time, and care on doing something.
James is taking pains to finish the report by noon.
Congrats. You took pains to practice, now the championship is yours.
The researchers take pains with the new cancer cure.
Nacy took pains to finish that painting on time.
1. If you say enough bad things about someone, some of them will be believed.
2. Try many different ways or ideas, some of them will work.
Be outside the ability or willingness of someone to care more about a particular person or issue
To think or consider something seriously
The verb should be conjugated with its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
Used to allude that the last force, problem or burden which is seemingly minor and small causes a person, system or organisation to collapse or fail
Her husband's violent act last night was the straw that broke the donkey's back and she left him
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