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)
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
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
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
