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adverb (pos=in vain)
- (idiom) Without success; ending in failure.
- 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
- : we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died
- 19C, Friedrich Nietzsche
- : On the mountains of truth you can never climb
- (idiom) In a disrespectful manner, especially when concerning religion.
- (RQ:Authorized Version), Exodus 20:7
- :Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God
Translations: - Dutch: tevergeefs
- French: en vain
- German: vergebens
- Italian: invano
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: (t, es, en vano), (t, es, en balde)
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