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1 take pains
(to take great trouble and care (to do something): He took great pains to make sure we enjoyed ourselves.) dar-se trabalho -
2 take pains
(to take great trouble and care (to do something): He took great pains to make sure we enjoyed ourselves.) esmerar-se -
3 to take pains for
to take pains foresforçar-se para. -
4 pain
[pein] 1. noun(hurt or suffering of the body or mind: a pain in the chest.) dor2. verb(to cause suffering or upset to (someone): It pained her to admit that she was wrong.) doer- pained- painful
- painfully
- painless
- painlessly
- painkiller
- painstaking
- a pain in the neck
- take pains* * *[pein] n 1 dor, sofrimento. 2 tormento, aflição, angústia. 3 castigo, pena, punição. 4 pains dores do parto. 5 esforço, trabalho. • vt+vi 1 atormentar, afligir. 2 magoar, desgostar. 3 causar dor a. 4 doer. 5 esforçar-se, empenhar-se. he had his labour for his pains ele esforçou-se à toa. he’s a pain in the ass/ backside Amer coll ele é um indivíduo insuportável, Brit coll ele é um pé no saco. he’s a pain in the neck Amer ele é um indivíduo intragável. no pains no gains sem trabalho nada se alcança, não há bônus sem ônus. to be at great pains a) fazer um grande esforço. b) estar ansioso por fazer algo muito bem. to be in pains sofrer, padecer. to put to pains torturar, atormentar. to spare no pains não poupar esforços. to take pains for esforçar-se para. under pains sob pena de. -
5 pain
[pein] 1. noun(hurt or suffering of the body or mind: a pain in the chest.) dor2. verb(to cause suffering or upset to (someone): It pained her to admit that she was wrong.) doer- pained- painful - painfully - painless - painlessly - painkiller - painstaking - a pain in the neck - take pains
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take pains — index endeavor, strive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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take pains — {v. phr.} To do something very carefully and thoroughly. * /She had taken pains to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want./ * /She always takes pains with her appearance./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take pains — {v. phr.} To do something very carefully and thoroughly. * /She had taken pains to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want./ * /She always takes pains with her appearance./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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pains — n. trouble 1) to go to, spare no, take pains to + inf. (she took great pains to get her message across) physical suffering 2) (med.) labor pains 3) growing * * * take pains to + inf. (she took great pains to get her message across) [ physical… … Combinatory dictionary