My brother said his classmate Helen was asvainasapeacock.
我兄弟说他的同学海伦像孔雀一样虚荣。
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But he was, in any case, asvainasapeacock; that was why he had become a Magician.
不过，无论怎么说，他和孔雀一样爱慕虚荣，这是他为什么成为魔法师的原因。
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He told the Kaiser that a war between Britain and Germany would be an "unspeakable calamity." Wilhelm, whom Roosevelt found to be "vainasapeacock," brushed him off.