Significato: affair

af·fair || ə'feən. affare, affari, faccenda; trattenimento, festa, occasione mondana; cosa, aggeggio; relazione, avventura; caso, scandalo

gala affair Idioma

have an affair

see a lover who is not your spouse, fool around """Liz is having another affair."" ""Who is she seeing? Bart?"""

settle one's affairs

Idiom(s): settle one's affairs

Theme: MANAGE

to deal with one's business matters; to manage the business affairs of someone who can't.
• When my uncle died, I had to settle his affairs.
• I have to settle my affairs before going to Mexico for a year.

have an affair with|affair|an affair|an affair wit

v. phr. To have a sexual relationship with someone, either before marriage or outside of one's marriage. Tow and Jane had a long and complex affair but they never got married.

love affair|affair|love

n. A friendship between lovers; a romance or courtship. The love affair of Bob and Jane went on for months. Harry had many love affairs, but he never married.

love affair

love affair
1) An intimate sexual relationship, as in They had a torrid love affair many years ago. This expression dates from about 1600, when it referred merely to the experiences connected with being in love. The current sense dates from the second half of the 1800s.
2) A strong enthusiasm, as in We can't ignore America's love affair with the automobile. [Mid-1900s]

gala affair

A grand, lively, and blithe amusing event. The aggregation pulled out all the stops for the CEO's retirement party, axis the accident into a bright affair.Learn more: affair

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