fair
/ˈfɛɚ/ noun C2- Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective). · When will we learn to distinguish between the fair and the foul?
- A fair woman; a sweetheart.
Plural fair
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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It’s hardly fair of you, Mr.
If at this moment the sweet voice of Renée had sounded in his ears pleading for mercy, or the fair Mercédès had entered and said, “In the name of God, I conjure you to restore me my affianced husband,” his cold and trembling hands would have signed his release; but no voice broke the stillness of the chamber, and the door was opened only by Villefort’s valet, who came to tell him that the travelling carriage was in readiness.
On the other hand, I said that I would play the game fairly by you, and I do not think it is a fair game to allow you for one unnecessary moment to waste your energies upon a profitless task.
My bed is waiting cool and fresh, with linen smooth and fair,
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