Be sure to consult a dictionary as some of the words below have other meanings not described here.

     1. to, too, two: As a preposition, to means “in the direction of”; “reaching as distant as”; “toward a
given condition.” Too is an adverb that means “as well”; “exorbitantly.” Two is a number.

          It makes the two of us going to the Cayman Islands for a deserved break. Are your
children coming along too?

     2. try and: Nonstandard for try to.

          We try to [not try and] be understanding of his past, but it does not seem to matter to
him.

     3. vain, vane, vein: As an adjective, vain means “excessively holding one's self in high regard”;
“fruitless or not yielding the desired result.” When used in the phrase in vain, as an idiom, it
means “to no success.” Vane is a noun that means “an instrument set on an elevated object to
show the direction of the wind.” Vein is also a noun meaning “a blood vessel”; “one of the ribs
that support the wings of an insect.”

          For someone with considerable financial wealth, he was not the least vain.

          The vane always makes that creaky noise even with the slightest breeze.

          It is my body's symptom for stress whenever veins bulge out of my forehead.

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