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n.
affair
1) to pursue, take up a ~
2) to arrange; clear up, settle, straighten out; complicate; simplify ~s
3) to give a ~ (attention, thought) (we have given this ~ considerable thought)
4) to not mince ~s (she never minces ~s) ('she always speaks candidly')
5) an important, pressing, serious; petty, trifling ~
6) no easy; laughing ~ (it's no easy ~ to find a house in this city = it's no easy ~ finding a house in this city; being accused of assault is no laughing ~)
7) ~s came to a head
8) a ~ of (a ~ of grave importance)
9) in ~s of (in ~s of finance)
10) ( misc. ) as a ~ of fact ('really'); to take ~s into one's own hands; the fact of the ~ is that...; no ~ ('it's not important'); a ~ of record (legal); for that ~ ('concerning that'); a ~ of a few minutes; a ~ of personal opinion; a ~ of some urgency; a ~ of life and death; the crux/heart of the ~
material
substance
11) printed; reading; subject ~
12) gaseous; liquid; organic; solid; vegetable ~
13) gray ~ ('brains')
14) the front ~ (of a book)
misc.
15) what's the ~ with you?
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v.
1) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ to (her financial status doesn't ~ to us)
2) ( L ; to) it doesn't ~ (to us) that we are not rich