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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Vain?

I'm not sure if it is written like this, but when I hear the word vain, I don't know what it means.
After consulting the dictionary, the meaning of vain doesn't make sense.
I heard the word in this sentence: 'In this vain'.
  

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If it's preceded by 'in this', it's 'v e in'.

  • If it's preceded by 'in this', it's 'v e in'.
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If it's preceded by 'in this', it's 'vein'.
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In this vein.

In this line of thought.
Thinking along these lines of thought.

See definition 5 here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vein

CJ

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