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This case is complicated.

That's a clear case of "water off a duck's back".

Can a case be made for late-term abortions?

A very unfortunate case came to our attention several years ago.

Our whole case hinges on whether the government's actions were constitutional or not.

The Democrats haven't decided on their candidates yet, but in any case they're sure to lose.

In any case, now I'm considering trying out some likely things.

Have you ever been a witness in a court case?

In any case I just want to make clear that the fact that these are not normal people.

In case the shipment is delayed, we have special delay insurance.

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I wish my family would put DVDs back in their cases.

A more experienced lawyer would have dealt with the case in a different way.

You should stockpile necessary supplies in case of a big earthquake.

In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.

Space travel to faraway solar systems will probably be a family affair conducted by married couples and their kids.

I think my husband is having an affair - he's being very secretive about the text messages he gets on his phone.

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Uncut footage of the governor's affair has surfaced on the Internet.

Since they didn't tie the knot following a grand love affair, it wasn't a matter of blind love.

Literary composition is a great achievement that concerns the ruling of a state, a splendid affair of eternal standing.

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Would King Albert have an affair with Princess Diana? I think not. He's too fat.

Only a poor man knows what such a passion costs in cab-hire, gloves, linen, tailor's bills, and the like. If the Platonic stage lasts a little too long, the affair grows ruinous.

The Japanese Dentists Association affair is an incident concerning secret donations from the Japanese Dentists Association to Diet members belonging to the LDP.

romans He's been having an affair with a woman at work. be sb's affair ​ If something is your affair, it is private and you do not want anyone else to be involved or know about it. ≈ to (jest) czyjaś sprawa. Your private affairs don't concern me.

The organization should have control of its own financial affairs. the minister for foreign affairs current affairs

Otherwise, and I would like to make this quite clear, it is a Hungarian affair.

He had a lot of important affairs to take care of. He's good at organising his financial affairs.

A Dothraki wedding without at least three deaths is considered a dull affair.

It doesn't matter.

That matter was decided by the Supreme Court.

No matter how often I tell her, she keeps making the same mistake.

Making light of cavities can be a matter of life and death.

He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.

So far as this matter is concerned, I am completely satisfied.

The millionaire insisted on acquiring the masterpiece no matter how much it cost.

I have a complicated matter I want to discuss with you.

In the matter of food and clothing, we are pretty well off.

How to deal with environmental pollution is a serious matter.

You say I should know him quite well, but as a matter of fact, I was introduced to him only last week.

Your joke is funny no matter how many times I hear it.

I was going to speak to his father about that matter, but thought better of it.

No matter what your profession, or how happy you may be in it, there are moments when you wish you had chosen some other career.

Morality is mostly a matter of how much temptation you can withstand.