I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ annual
▪ antiques , art , book , craft , horse ( BrE ), school ( esp. AmE ), steam ( BrE )
▪ career , job , science , trade
▪ fun (usually funfair ) ( BrE )
▪ local , street
▪ county , state (both AmE )
VERB + FAIR
▪ attend , go to , visit
▪ have , hold , host
▪
The city is holding its annual trade ~ in May this year.
▪ organize
▪
She is organizing next year's book ~.
FAIR + VERB
▪ take place
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
I bought it at a local craft ~.
II.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , seem
▪ make sth
▪
I'll give you ten pounds each to make it ~.
▪ consider sth , think sth
▪
I didn't think it ~ that the others should be allowed to go but not me.
ADVERB
▪ scrupulously , very
▪
It's important to be scrupulously ~ when grading the final exam paper.
▪ absolutely , completely , entirely , perfectly , quite , totally
▪
I don't care what he thinks. It seems perfectly ~ to me.
▪
That doesn't seem quite ~.
▪ hardly , not really
▪
It's hardly ~ that I should be working while everyone else is enjoying themselves!
▪ pretty , reasonably
PHRASES
▪ to be ~
▪
To be ~, we hadn't really spent enough time on the job.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
That seems ~ to all sides.
Fair is used with these nouns: ↑ allocation , ↑ amount , ↑ assessment , ↑ balance , ↑ bet , ↑ bit , ↑ catch , ↑ chance , ↑ comment , ↑ comparison , ↑ compensation , ↑ competition , ↑ complexion , ↑ compromise , ↑ contest , ↑ copy , ↑ criticism , ↑ cross section , ↑ deal , ↑ degree , ↑ description , ↑ distance , ↑ distribution , ↑ division , ↑ election , ↑ estimate , ↑ exchange , ↑ fight , ↑ guess , ↑ hair , ↑ head , ↑ hearing , ↑ imitation , ↑ indication , ↑ inference , ↑ measure , ↑ number , ↑ offer , ↑ percentage , ↑ play , ↑ price , ↑ proportion , ↑ reflection , ↑ rent , ↑ representation , ↑ return , ↑ sex , ↑ size , ↑ skin , ↑ slice , ↑ summary , ↑ system , ↑ test , ↑ trade , ↑ treatment , ↑ trial , ↑ use , ↑ vote , ↑ wage , ↑ warning , ↑ weather , ↑ while , ↑ wind