be at pains, v.
try very hard to do something
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
be at pains take pains
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Somebody ----s to INFINITIVEverb frames
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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try very hard to do something
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
be at pains take pains