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A n2 Comm ( exhibition) salon m ; book fair gen foire f du livre ; (in Paris, Montreal) salon du livre.B adj1 (just, reasonable) [arrangement, person, punishment, ruling, share, trial, wage] équitable (to envers) ; [comment, decision, point] juste ; it's only fair that he should go/that she should be first ce n'est que justice qu'il parte/qu'elle soit la première ; to give sb a fair deal ou shake US être tout à fait honnête envers qn ; I give you fair warning je te previens (gentiment ○) ; it's fair to say that… il est juste de dire que… ; that's a fair question c'est une question raisonnable ; a fair sample un échantillon représentatif ; to be fair he did try to pay il faut dire à sa décharge qu'il a essayé de payer ; it is ou seems only fair to do ce serait la moindre des choses de faire ; fair's fair il faut être juste ; it (just) isn't fair! ce n'est pas juste! ; fair enough! bon d'accord! ; a plea of fair comment Jur une invocation en défense (du droit de commenter un fait d'intérêt général) ; that's a fair comment c'est vrai ;2 ( moderately good) [chance, condition, performance, skill] assez bon/bonne ; Sch passable ; it's a fair bet ○ that… il est assez probable que… ;3 ( quite large) [amount, number, size] important ; we were going at a fair old ○ pace ou speed nous allions bon train ; he's had a fair bit ○ of luck/trouble il a eu pas mal ○ de chance/d'ennuis ; I've travelled around a fair amount j'ai pas mal ○ voyagé ; the car was still a fair way off la voiture était encore à bonne distance ;4 Meteorol ( fine) [weather] beau/belle ; [forecast] bon/bonne ; [wind] favorable ; to be set fair [weather, barometer] être au beau fixe ; fig [arrangements] être en ordre ;6 littér ( beautiful) [lady, maid, city, promises, words] beau/belle ; with her own fair hands hum de ses belles mains ; the fair sex hum le beau sexe.to be fair game for sb être une proie rêvée pour qn ; to be in a fair way to do sth avoir de bonnes chances de faire qch ; fair dos ○ à chacun son dû ; you can't say fairer than that ○ on ne saurait mieux dire ; fair and square indiscutablement ; to win fair and square remporter une victoire indiscutable.
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