vainly

J'avais passé des heures innombrables essayant vainly de rectifier dehors par la machine l'ondulation innombrable qui avait formé dans le processus de découpage - sur une étendue beaucoup plus petite d'une pierre plus molle.
I had spent countless hours vainly trying to grind out by machine the countless ripples that had formed in the carving process - on a much smaller expanse of softer stone.
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