Affaire [noun]

One of the most brilliant affaire of the war was the charge of a body of cavalry under Fremont.

J'espre que vous russirez mettre debout cette petite affaire littraire et que vous trouverez parmi nous des concours utiles.

Je vous crois prsent si ennuy de cette affaire que je ne sais si je dois encore vous en parler.

Above all, he was to look for mines, the finding of which the document declares to be "la grande affaire."

I don't know anything more pleasant—unless it is the finishing stroke of an affaire Diplomatique.

Put shortly, the piece deals with an "affaire Dreyfus" in the medical profession.

The Affaire Dreyfus was used by all parties to achieve their particular aims.

The reader may remember that this was not the first time I had been made a confidant in an affaire du cœur.

L'amour was the great business of his life, and he could not be content unless he had on hand what he called une affaire du cœur.

Next to being principal in a romantic affaire de cœur is the excitement of being an interested third party.