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📖 Определения и значения для слова vain

📒 that does not produce the result you want

  • She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears.
  • I knocked loudly in the vain hope that someone might answer.
  • The government spent billions in a vain bid to prop up the currency.

📒 too proud of your own appearance, abilities or achievements

  • She's too vain to wear glasses.
  • Their flattery made him vain.
  • very vain about his looks

📒 without success

  • They tried in vain to persuade her to go.
  • She waited in vain for her son to return.
  • All our efforts were in vain.

📒 to show a lack of respect when using somebody’s name or when talking about them

  • (humorous) Have you been taking my name in vain again?
  • to take the Lord's name in vain
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