Affairs

Definition

affair / ǝ'feǝ(r) / n ၁။ [sing] အေရး။ ကိစၥ။ အလုပ္။ It's not my affair (ie I am not interested in or responsible for it). ၂။ affairs [pl] (က) ကိစၥ။ put one's affairs in order. (ခ) ေရးရာ။ current/ foreign/ world affairs. ၃။ [C esp sing ] (က) အေရးအခင္း။ the Suez affair ❍ We must try to forget this sad affair. ❍ The press exaggerated the whole affair wildly. (ခ) ပြဲ။ အခမ္းအနား။ The wedding was a very grand affair. (ဂ) [C] ( infml ) (following an adj ) အရာ။ ဟာ။ Her hat was an amazing affair of ribbons and feathers. ၄။ အခ်စ္ဇာတ္(ခင္းသည္)။ She's having an affair with her boss. LOVE AFFAIR

Examples

1. A public affairs consultant
2. A social/regional/international affairs correspondent
3. The new president is seen to be unreliable on foreign affairs.
4. We are friends
5. but I don’t know much about their private affairs.
6. Several government ministers resigned because of the affair.
7. The president’s popularity remained largely unaffected by the whole affair.
8. [have an affair] : Her husband denied that he was having an affair.
9. The party was a rather dull affair.
10. [a family affair] : The film is very much a family affair – all her brothers are in the cast.
11. Her dress was a long silky affair.