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[vain]

See:

[IN VAIN],

[TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN].

[valor]

See:

[DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR].

[value]

See: [FACE VALUE].

[vanish into thin air]

See: [DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR].

[vanishing cream]  {n.}

A cosmetic cream for the skin that is used chiefly before face powder.

[vanity case]  {n.}

1. A small case containing face powder, lipstick, and other things and usually carried in a woman's handbag; a compact.

She took out her vanity case and put lipstick on.

2. A handbag or a small bag carried by a woman and holding  […]

[variety show]  {n.}

A program that includes several different kinds of entertainment (as songs, dances, comic skits and little dramas).

[variety store]  {n.}

A store that sells many different kinds of things, especially items that are fairly small and in everyday use.

I went into a variety store and bought some paint.

[vein]

See:

[FREEZE ONE'S BLOOD] or [FREEZE THE BLOOD IN ONE'S VEINS],

[FREEZE ONE'S VEINS].

[verbal diarrhea]  {n. phr.}

The inability to keep silent; over-talkativeness.