and [美 ænd, (ə)n, 英 ənd, (ə)n, and]KONJThe usual translation of and, y, becomes e when it precedes a word beginning with i, hi, or y. and is sometimes used between two verbs in English to mean in order to:let's wait and see esperemos para ver qué or lo que pasa.
As one historian observes, his troops were both exhausted and strung out, and to commit them to battle in dribs and drabs was foolhardy in the extreme.