TAKE THE TROUBLE TO DO STH

Meaning of TAKE THE TROUBLE TO DO STH in English

to do sth even though it involves effort or difficulty

SYN make the effort :

She didn't even take the trouble to find out how to spell my name.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

TAKE THE TROUBLE TO DO STH — See ↑ TRY 6
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TROUBLE — I. ˈtrəbəl verb ( troubled ; troubled ; troubling -b(ə)liŋ ; troubles ) Etymology: Middle English troublen, troblen, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DO — I. (|)dü, _də or +V _dəw verb ( past first & third singular did (|)did, _dəd ; or nonstandard done …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROUBLE — — troubledly , adv. — troubledness , n. — troubler , n. — troublingly , adv. /trub"euhl/ , v. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DO — do 1 /dooh/ ; unstressed /doo, deuh/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. do , 2nd do …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROUBLE — I. ˈtrə-bəl verb ( trou·bled ; trou·bling ˈtrə-b(ə-)liŋ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French trubler, from Vulgar Latin * turbulare, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DO — I. ˈdü verb ( did ˈdid, dəd ; done ˈdən ; do·ing ˈdü-iŋ ; does ˈdəz) Etymology: Middle English don, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROUBLE — adj troubled; dark; gloomy. 2. trouble ·vt a fault or interruption in a stratum. 3. trouble ·vt that which gives …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
DO — noun deed; act; fear. 2. do ·noun a cheat; a swindle. 3. do ·noun ado; bustle; stir; to do. 4. …
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STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TROUBLE — / ˈtrʌbl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun PROBLEM / WORRY 1. [ U , C ] trouble (with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TROUBLE — I. troub ‧ le 1 S1 W2 /ˈtrʌb ə l/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ troubled …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TROUBLE — n. & v. --n. 1 difficulty or distress; vexation, affliction (am having trouble with my car). 2 a inconvenience; unpleasant …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DO — v. & n. --v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1 tr. perform, carry out, achieve, complete …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TROUBLE — n. & v. n. 1 difficulty or distress; vexation, affliction (am having trouble with my car). 2 a inconvenience; unpleasant …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DO — v. & n. v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1 tr. perform, carry out, achieve, complete …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TROUBLE — n. & v. --n. 1. difficulty or distress; vexation, affliction (am having trouble with my car). 2 a inconvenience; unpleasant …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
DO — 1. v. & n. --v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1. tr. perform, carry out, achieve, …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DO — I. AUXILIARY VERB USES /də, STRONG du:/ ( does, doing, did, done) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TROUBLE — ( troubles, troubling, troubled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You can …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TROUBLE — (DIFFICULTIES) [noun] - problems or difficultiesThe form was terribly complicated and I had a lot of trouble with it. [U]She …
Cambridge English vocab
TROUBLE — See: BORROW TROUBLE, GO TO THE TROUBLE or TAKE THE TROUBLE.
Slang English vocab
TROUBLE — I. noun 1 problems ADJECTIVE ▪ bad , big , deep , desperate ( esp. BrE ), dire , huge …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TROUBLE — See ↑ FAULT 1, ↑ PROBLEM 1,12, ↑ WORRIED/WORRYING 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be asking for trouble • ↑ be …
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
TROUBLE — n. 25B6; noun you've caused enough trouble already : PROBLEMS, difficulty, bother, inconvenience, worry, anxiety, distress, stress, agitation, harassment, unpleasantness; …
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TROUBLE — See: BORROW TROUBLE, GO TO THE TROUBLE or TAKE THE TROUBLE.
Словарь английских идиом
TROUBLE — noun 1 BAD : I'm sorry to cause you so many troubles. GOOD : I'm sorry to cause you so …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
DO — verb 1 DO · HAVE · MAKE · TAKE Many phrases begin with a very common very such as do, …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TROUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) а) беспокойство, волнение, тревога to give trouble, to put to trouble ≈ причинять беспокойство (кому-л.) She kept …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE — 1. гл. 1) а) брать, взять б) захватывать, овладевать, схватить (с применением силы) to take as a prisoner ≈ взять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
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DO — I (полная форма); (редуцированные формы) 1. гл.; прош. вр. - did, прич. прош. вр. - done 1) делать, выполнять, осуществлять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TROUBLE — trouble.ogg 1. ʹtrʌb(ə)l n 1. беспокойство; волнение; тревога his heart was full of trouble - сердце его было полно тревоги …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DO — do.ogg _I 1. du: n ( pl dos, do's du:z ) 1. разг. обман, мошенничество, надувательство; «розыгрыш» nothing but a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TROUBLE — 1) авария 2) нарушение режима 3) неуправка 4) перебой 5) труд 6) хлопоты • remove cause of trouble — устранять причину неисправности trace a trouble to — установить …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TAKE — 1) брать 2) воспринимать 3) впитывать 4) довозить 5) дубль 6) заступать 7) захватывать 8) определять 9) отбирать 10) отнимать 11) поглощать 12) преобразовывать 13) принятие 14) проникать 15) растворять 16) схватывать • development of mine take …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TROUBLE — 1. ʹtrʌb(ə)l n 1. беспокойство; волнение; тревога his heart was full of trouble - сердце его было полно тревоги to …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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DO — _I 1. du: n ( pl dos, do's du:z ) 1. разг. обман, мошенничество, надувательство; «розыгрыш» nothing but a do …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TROUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) а) беспокойство, волнение, тревога to give trouble, to put to trouble — причинять беспокойство ( кому-л. ) …
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