Reply Tue 4 Nov, 2014 04:35 pm
She is too vain to wear glasses.
i found this sentence on a onle dictionary, and i know how to use too .to . to indicate expression. but this one here....i cant find any relation between vain and wear glasses.........and idea ?
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Reply Tue 4 Nov, 2014 05:00 pm
Some vain people don't wear glasses. That is the relation.

too vain to wear glasses
too scared to fight a tiger
too heavy to float
too young to vote


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Lustig Andrei
 
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Reply Tue 4 Nov, 2014 05:06 pm
@Arafat ,
Quote:
vain [veyn]

adjective, vainer, vainest.
1.
excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited.

[from dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vain]

It's a very simple sentence. 'Too' in this case is used in the sense of 'too much' or 'more than necessary.' She has too much vanity(is 'too vain') to...etc.
She is concerned about her appearance.
Arafat
 
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Reply Wed 5 Nov, 2014 02:32 pm
@Lustig Andrei,
Vain: too proud with ones appearance ,achievement .
So. If she is vain , how could her feel concerned with her appearance ? She should feel conceited , or confident, in a bad way .
Lustig Andrei
 
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Reply Thu 6 Nov, 2014 12:01 am
@Arafat ,
Yes, but to say she is 'conceited' is the same as saying she is 'too vain.' The point is that because she is this way she will not wear glasses.
Arafat
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2014 07:49 am
@Lustig Andrei,
Ja..... I get it. Thank you
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