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1 affair
affair [ə'feə(r)]1 noun∎ the meeting was a noisy affair la réunion était bruyante;∎ the festival was a dull affair le festival était dépourvu d'intérêt;∎ it was a sorry affair c'était une histoire lamentable;∎ what kind of affair was it? c'était comment?;∎ it was one of those black tie affairs c'était une de ces soirées habillées;∎ History the Watergate affair l'affaire f du Watergate;∎ archaic affair of honour affaire f d'honneur, duel m(b) (business, matter) affaire f;∎ the affair in hand l'affaire qui nous occupe∎ whether I go or not is my (own) affair que j'y aille ou non ne regarde que moi;∎ it's no affair of his ça ne le regarde ou ne le concerne pas, ça n'est pas son affaire∎ to have an affair with sb avoir une liaison ou aventure avec qn∎ he was driving one of those sporty affairs il conduisait une de ces voitures genre sport;∎ the cake's one of those fresh-cream affairs c'est un de ces gâteaux à la crème fraîche;∎ the house is a three-storey affair il s'agit d'une maison à trois étages(business, matters) affaires fpl;∎ he's looking after her financial affairs il gère son argent;∎ I'm not interested in your private affairs je ne m'intéresse pas à votre vie privée;∎ don't meddle in my affairs ne vous mêlez pas de mes affaires, mêlez-vous de vos affaires;∎ to put one's affairs in order mettre de l'ordre dans ses affaires;∎ given the current state of affairs étant donné la situation actuelle, les choses étant ce qu'elles sont;∎ it's an embarrassing state of affairs la situation est gênante;∎ ironic this is a fine state of affairs! c'est du propre!;∎ Politics affairs of state affaires fpl d'État -
2 intrude
B vi1 (meddle, interfere) I don't wish to intrude je ne veux pas me mêler de ce qui ne me regarde pas ; to intrude in(to) sb's affairs s'immiscer dans les affaires de qn ;2 ( encroach) I don't wish to intrude (up)on her grief je ne veux pas la déranger quand elle a du chagrin ; to intrude (up)on sb's privacy être importun ; I don't want to intrude on a family gathering je ne veux pas m'imposer dans une réunion de famille ;3 ( disturb) I don't wish to intrude je ne veux pas vous déranger.
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