affaiblir, v.a., to enfeeble, to weaken, to debilitate; to impair, to attenuate; to debase (coins).
affaiblir, v.n., to grow weak, to weaken, to droop.
s’affaiblir, v.r., to grow weak, to be impaired, to become enfeebled; to abate.
affaiblissant, -e, adj., weakening, enfeebling.
affaiblissement (-mān), n.m., weakening, enfeebling, impairment, diminution of strength; allaying, abatement; debasement (of coins).
affaire, n.f., thing, affair, matter; business, concern, job, duty; dealing; trouble, scrape, quarrel; action, case, lawsuit; fight, skirmish, battle; need, occasion, want; work, transaction. Belle —; fine thing, pretty mess, trifling matter. —s courantes; current business. — de rien; trifling affair. — d’intérêt; money matter. Bien, mal, dans ses —; in good, bad, circumstances. Homme d’—s; man of business, agent, steward, middleman. Relation d’—s; mercantile connection. Dans les —s; in business. En —; engaged in business. Pour —; on business. Aller à ses —s; to go to one’s business. S’attirer une —; to get into a scrape. Avoir — à; to have to deal with. Avoir — avec; to have business with. Avoir bien des —s; to be much employed. Avoir des —s pardessus la tête; to be over head and ears in business. Céder ses —s; to give up business. Être à ses —s; to attend to business. Eviter les —s; to keep clear of scrapes. Faire des —s; to do business. Faire l’— de quelqu’un; to answer some one’s purpose, turn. Faire son — à quelqu’un; to settle any one’s business, do for him. Faire de grandes —s; to carry on an extensive business. Ne faire rien à l’—; not to affect the matter. Mettre quelqu’un dans les —s; to set any one up in business, to apprentice any one to a business. Se retirer des —s; to retire from business. Sortir d’une — avec honneur; to come off honorably. Tirer d’—; to extricate, to help out. Se tirer d’—; to get out of trouble, to get on in the world. Vaquer aux —s; to attend to business. Vider une —; to settle an affair. C’est, ce n’est pas, une —; it is no, it is an, easy matter. J’ai votre —; I have what you want, the very thing for you. Je ferai son —; I will do for him. C’est mon —; leave that to me. J’en fais mon —; I take that upon myself. Ce ne sont pas là mes —s; that is none of my business. Au point où en sont les —s; as matters stand. Son — est bonne; he is in for it, he will catch it. Son — est faite; he is done for.
affairé, -e, adj., full of business, busy. Faire l’—; to ape the busy man; to fuss about.
affaissement (-mān), n.m., depression, sinking, subsiding, giving way, weakness, weighing down; (med.) collapse.
affaisser, v.a., to cause to sink, to weigh down, to press down, to bear down, to weaken.
s’affaisser, v.r., to sink, sink down, subside, settle, to give way.