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Six example sentences with affairs, each labelled with its topic.
Ahead of the trip she put her affairs in order, updating the will and telling her sister where the deeds were kept.
Law
A good bookkeeper keeps a client's affairs so tidy that any accountant could take over the file in an afternoon.
Finance
For a village shopkeeper, personal affairs and shop accounts sat in one ledger, so a bad harvest ended both.
Economics
The novel's widow spends a year untangling her husband's affairs, finding debts he had never once mentioned.
Literature
The founder's assistant handles his private affairs too, from dentist appointments to the lease on his flat.
Business
Patients recovering from a long illness often want to manage their own affairs again before anything else.
Psychology
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- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
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