"зря" meaning in Russian

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  "pos": "adv",
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          "english": "All our efforts were in vain. Nobody appreciated them.",
          "roman": "Zrja my starálisʹ. Vsjo ravnó niktó ne oceníl.",
          "text": "Зря мы стара́лись. Всё равно́ никто́ не оцени́л.",
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        "in vain, to no avail, for nothing"
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        "(colloquial) in vain, to no avail, for nothing"
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        {
          "word": "зазря́"
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          "word": "напра́сно"
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        {
          "english": "You're making a mistake. / You've made a mistake. / You should(n't) (have/be).",
          "roman": "Éto ty zrja.",
          "text": "Э́то ты зря.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "Я не ду́маю, что хорошо́ владе́ю ру́сским языко́м. — А зря.\nJa ne dúmaju, što xorošó vladéju rússkim jazykóm. — A zrja.\nI don't think my Russian is good. — Well, you should. / That's too bad (because it's good).",
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        },
        {
          "english": "You shouldn't have said that. Now the whole town will know.",
          "roman": "Zrja ty éto skazál. Tepérʹ vesʹ górod búdet znatʹ.",
          "text": "Зря ты э́то сказа́л. Тепе́рь весь го́род бу́дет знать.",
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        "mistakenly, making a mistake (used to indicate someone ought not to do/think/etc. something, or to express the sentiment that it's too bad that they do)"
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          "english": "All our efforts were in vain. Nobody appreciated them.",
          "roman": "Zrja my starálisʹ. Vsjo ravnó niktó ne oceníl.",
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        "(colloquial) in vain, to no avail, for nothing"
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          "word": "зазря́"
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You shouldn't have said that. Now the whole town will know.",
          "roman": "Zrja ty éto skazál. Tepérʹ vesʹ górod búdet znatʹ.",
          "text": "Зря ты э́то сказа́л. Тепе́рь весь го́род бу́дет знать.",
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