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affaire

British  
/ afɛr /

noun

  1. a love affair

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She was again named best supporting actress in 1982 and best actress the following year for Une étrange affaire and La Balance.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

“La vérité sur cette affaire est cruelle,” he said—“the truth is cruel.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

If a non-affaire affaire can elicit this degree of discontent, people are already deeply unhappy, looking for a reason to vent.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 2, 2018

En 2007, un tribunal donna raison à Mme Bazzini, une affaire décrite par Jules B. Farber dans le livre “James Baldwin: Escape From America, Exile in Provence.”

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2017

Tenez, compère,” he added, in most villanous French, “voilà mon affaire; voilà ce que je viens vous dire.”

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

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