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love affair

noun

  1. a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour.
  2. an active enthusiasm for something:

    my love affair with sailing.



love affair

noun

  1. a romantic or sexual relationship, esp a temporary one, between two people
  2. a great enthusiasm or liking for something

    a love affair with ballet

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of love affair1

First recorded in 1585–95
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While Pagels’ love affair with evangelical Christianity lasted only a year, her curiosity about the “powerful responses†that stories about Jesus evoked in her persisted; interrogating that response became her life’s work.

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It’s a love affair of his lifetime, one that ignited somewhere in the space between Turkey and Nepal, between youth and adulthood.

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Looking back I can say it was the start of a lifelong love affair with Shakespeare.

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It was a love affair that began as far back as she can recall.

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The musical sparked a love affair with singing.

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