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[vein]1) (having too much pride in one's appearance, achievements etc; conceited: She's very vain about her good looks.) domišljav2) (unsuccessful: He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning woman.) brezuspešen3) (empty; meaningless: vain threats; vain promises.) prazen•- vainly- vanity
- in vain* * *[véin]adjective ( vainly adverb)brezuspešen, jalov, brez koristi, zastonjski; nadut, domišljav, nečimrn, bahaški; prazen, plitev, puhel, ničev; nepomemben, nebistven (razlika); (redko) bedast, trivialenin vain, obsolete for vain — zaman, zastonjit was vain to protest — protesti so bili zaman, niso nič zaleglito take God's name ( —ali the name of the Lord) in vain religion po nemarnem izgovarjati božje ime (imenovati boga)
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