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be at pains
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Princeton's WordNet
take pains, be at painsverb
try very hard to do something
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be at pains
To be at pains is a phrase used to describe the act of making a special effort or taking great care to do something. It implies that the person is working hard and exerting themselves to ensure that something is done correctly.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of be at pains in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of be at pains in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of be at pains in a Sentence
Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.
We're motivating everybody to overcome violence through expression, let's rap about life. Let's rap about love. Let's rap about hope. Let's rap about your pains and what you need, and let's get you an audience.
That's painful work, but the pains going to be there no matter when we do it.
Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, chapter 8:
He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid. But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and the moon were about to clash, many people would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision.
Property left to a child may soon be lost but the inheritance of virtue--a good name an unblemished reputation--will abide forever. If those who are toiling for wealth to leave their children, would but take half the pains to secure for them virtuous habits, how much more serviceable would they be. The largest property may be wrested from a child, but virtue will stand by him to the last.
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