Synonym: be at pains. Similar words: take part, take part in, painstaking, painstakingly, take place, repaint, take pride in, take pleasure in. Meaning: v. try very hard to do something.
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(1) Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. 
(2) They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well.
(3) Gandhi took pains to ascertain all the facts.
(4) But the Second Vatican Council had taken pains to correct this notion.
(5) Her father had a past which he'd taken pains to cover up.
(6) If you value your trees, you will take pains to master this art.
(7) Klausner and Rimer both took pains Tuesday not to criticize the consensus panel report, which has not been finalized.
(8) The authorities have taken pains to represent Niyogi's murder as a factional fight between extremists.
(9) She had certainly taken pains over her dinner party and Hywel had equally certainly shown no enthusiasm for it.
(10) Take pains to present a smart, efficient appearance and to show that you are beginning to master your subject.
(11) Successful are those who are willing to take pains.
(12) With 365,600 employees take pains , DaimlerChrysler achieved revenues of EUR 149.6 billion ( $ 156.8 billion ) in 2002.
(13) We must take pains to do meticulous work among the masses.
(14) But while the Republican governors identify with small government[Sentencedict.com ], almost all take pains to avoid being seen as anti-government.
(15) If you want to succeed in the work, you must take pains about it.
(16) According stride borough mechanical harvest practice, the author summarizes basic experiences as invariance , core, sincerity, chariness and take pains.
(17) Although what Wangxiaoni want to convey is hard to explain in words, but I still take pains to elaborate on it. It is just this kind of inexplicability forms the interna characteristic of her poetry.
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