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Ni Air Wa Vanity Application Likewise Pedantic Conceited

English Though vanity had given her application, it had given her likewise a pedantic air and conceited manner.
Japanese 彼女は虚栄心にそそのかされて勤勉でありましたが、それは同時にうぬぼれた学者ぶった態度を身につきまとわせました。
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Meaning assuming the air of…; behaving like…
Romanized kanojo wa kyoeishin ni sosonokasarete kinben de arimashita ga, sore wa douji ni unuboreta gakusha butta taido o mi ni tsukimatowasemashita.
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