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affair
adjectives
world/international affairs
• China is now a major player in world affairs.
current affairs
(= important events that are happening now )
• a 24-hour news and current affairs channel
sb’s private affairs
(= things that are personal and not for other people to know about )
• He never discussed his private affairs in public.
sb’s financial affairs
• They offer advice on managing your financial affairs.
sb’s business affairs
• After dad retired, I managed his estate and business affairs.
economic affairs
• He was appointed Minister of State with responsibility for economic affairs.
political affairs
• The military promised to stay out of political affairs.
military affairs
• the president’s advisor on military affairs
religious affairs
• She wanted to be more involved in the church and religious affairs.
foreign/external affairs
(= events in other countries )
• the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
domestic/internal affairs
( also home affairs British English ) (= events inside a country )
• the Minister of Home Affairs • He said that the US should not try to interfere in his country's domestic affairs.
public affairs
(= events that affect the people of a country )
• He was active in public affairs in his region.
phrases
affairs of state
(= the business of the government )
• The church played no role in the affairs of state.
put your affairs in order
(= organize them before you go somewhere or die )
• I have cancer so I know I’ve got to put my affairs in order.
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noun event/situation ADJ. whole She saw the whole affair as a great joke. | glittering, grand I knew that the wedding would be a grand affair. | sordid, sorry, squalid VERB + AFFAIR deal with, handle Many people have criticized the way the government handled the affair. | be involved in | investigate PHRASES sb's involvement in the affair He has tried to play down his involvement in the affair. | a state of affairs How did this state of affairs come about? | wash your hands of the affair (= to refuse to be responsible for sth or involved in sth) sexual relationship ADJ. brief, casual | clandestine, secret | adulterous, extramarital | passionate, torrid | unhappy | love a torrid love affair VERB + AFFAIR carry on, conduct, have He's having an affair with a colleague. AFFAIR + VERB go on How long has the affair been going on? PREP. ~ between It's the story of a secret affair between a married teacher and her teenage student. | ~ with an affair with a married man sth that concerns one person/small group ADJ. family, personal, sb's own It's a family affair. PHRASES sb's affair What I do at the weekend is my affair. | no affair of sb's That's no affair of yours. affairs: important matters ADJ. current a current affairs programme on television | private, public | domestic, home, internal, national | community, local | European, foreign, external, international, world the minister for foreign affairs | business, financial, legal | commercial, consumer, cultural, economic, environmental, military, political, religious, social VERB + AFFAIR administer, arrange, attend to, conduct, manage, run I am trying to arrange my father's financial affairs. | settle, wind up | interfere in, meddle in PHRASES affairs of state The Cabinet will be discussing certain affairs of state. | put/set your affairs in order I want to put my affairs in order before I die. | a state of affairs the current state of affairs in schools
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