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Russian
Pronunciation
Adverb
вту́не • (vtúne)
- (archaic) in vain
- Synonyms: впусту́ю (vpustúju), зря (zrja), напра́сно (naprásno)
1873, Николай Лесков , “Глава десятая”, in Очарованный странник; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Enchanted Wanderer, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:— Не поймёт-с никто́, потому́ что на э́то на́до не ина́че как име́ть дар приро́дный, и у меня́ уже́ не раз тако́й о́пыт был, что я преподава́л, но всё вту́не оста́лось; но позво́льте, об э́том по́сле.- — Ne pojmjót-s niktó, potomú što na éto nádo ne ináče kak imétʹ dar priródnyj, i u menjá užé ne raz takój ópyt byl, što ja prepodavál, no vsjo vtúne ostálosʹ; no pozvólʹte, ob étom pósle.
- “Nobody will understand it, sir, because for that nothing else but a natural gift will do, and more than once I’ve had the same experience, that I teach, but it’s all in vain. But, excuse me, we’ll get to that later.”