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love affair

[love affair] {n.}

A friendship between lovers; a romance or courtship.

/The love affair of Bob and Jane went on for months./

/Harry had many love affairs, but he never married./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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