The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trouble \Trou"ble\, n. [F. trouble, OF. troble, truble. See Trouble, v. t.]
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The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise.
--Milton.Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles.
--Shak. That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
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(Mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
To get into trouble, to get into difficulty or danger.
To take the trouble, to be at the pains; to exert one's self; to give one's self inconvenience.
She never took the trouble to close them.
--Bryant.Syn: Affliction; disturbance; perplexity; annoyance; molestation; vexation; inconvenience; calamity; misfortune; adversity; embarrassment; anxiety; sorrow; misery.
Usage examples of "to take the trouble".
And, to say the truth, I have often concluded, that the honest part of mankind would be much too hard for the knavish, if they could bring themselves to incur the guilt, or thought it worth their while to take the trouble.
The ones about Duke Maximilian's indifference to the marriage, and his plain statement to his privy council that if they wanted him to marry the girl, they could bring her here, because he saw no reason to take the trouble to go there.
A shadow can be projected over quite some distance if you want to take the trouble.
The press, too, could track her down if they decided to take the trouble.
Hence they did not even have to take the trouble to bolt the airlocks.