semblables, fellow-creatures

12. affaire à, to deal with ; lit. affaire, affair, business, matter : c'est une autre affaire, it is a different matter. Fig. il lui fit son affaire, he paid him out.

Lino

NOTES

he killed him ; il est au-dessus (or au-dessous) de ses affaires, he is well (or badly) off ; vider une affaire, to settle a dispute ; détait sa première affaire, it was his first duel ; fy fis mon affaire en peu d'années, I made my fortune there in a few years. See note, p. 58, 1. 15.