Usage examples of "affaire" in French with translation to English

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C'est une sale affaire. It's a messy situation.
Tout est affaire de technique. It's all about technique.
Cette affaire ne te concerne aucunement. This issue has nothing to do with you.
Ça, c'est une autre affaire. That's a horse of a different colour.
C'est une toute autre affaire. It’s a different beast.
Laisse-moi en dehors de cette affaire ! Leave me out of this!
Cette affaire ne te concerne en rien. This issue has nothing to do with you.
Il répondit qu'il ne savait rien de cette affaire. He replied that he knew nothing about it.
Nous devrions rendre justice aux deux parties dans cette affaire. We should do justice to both sides on that issue.
Cette énorme affaire a été enterrée aux plus hauts niveaux du gouvernement. A massive coverup was orchestrated at the highest levels of government.
Il a emprunté de l'argent à son frère pour compenser le déficit de son affaire. He borrowed from his brother to finance the loss he made on the project.
Un signe qu'on a affaire à une célébrité est souvent que son nom vaut plus que ses services. A sign of a celebrity is often that his name is worth more than his services.
Je doute qu'on puisse trouver un seul individu dans toute l'humanité qui soit exempt de quelque forme de folie. La seule différence est affaire de gradation. I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree.
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