faint-hearted {= people who are not brave),

faint ness /■ feintnas/ noun [U] the state of feeling weak and tired and likely to become unconscious !£ ft; 0

fair 0-w /fea(r); NAmEfer/ adj., adv., noun

m adj. (fair er, fair est)

►                 ACCEPTABLE/APPROPRIATE #11$; % 1 ~ (to/on sb)

acceptable and appropriate in a particular situation ft S MJ; ft ^ Ml; ii Ml: a fair deal/wage/price/question AilMlftifc;       The

punishment was very fair.    o Was it

really fair to him to ask him to do all the work?

Bf A Ml X Yf X* life % Ml A ft ®r ? o It’s not fair on the students to keep changing the timetable. ft ®f 5ft W I'hJ M.,      Aftft ^ o 0 It's only fair to add that

they were not told about the problem until the last minute.

if $  & ft |hJ M o o It seems only fair that they should

give us something in return. {^ftMMi£ft$!c/flX£/ff A # Al 0     i$0 0 I think it is fair to say that they are

pleased with this latest offer. fciAAft i^lfeift, jtfeftUAA ft ifi Ml & — & 2i iSC o o To be fair, she behaved better than we expected. i&ftjftjift,

0 0 (especially BrE) You should really have asked me first. ’ ‘Right, okay, fair comment. ’ “ ft ft Jft. A M]

fto ” “ft, ftft,     ”       02a UNFAIR

►                 TREATING PEOPLE EQUALLY Ml 2 ~ (to sb) treating everyone equally and according to the rules or law (

mw. fitftSWMl, AMEMl: She has

always been scrupulously fair,     — ^ft^Hfe^A-A'

ft 0 0 demands for a fairer distribution of wealth ft in ftftftlEWIlMJicft 0 yye have to be fair to both players.

Me o to receive a fair trial 1# fiJftlEftftJ 0 free and fair elections g &AlEMJ$5ft olt’s not fair! He always gets more than me. & ft Aft! life# m Ml & tfc fk ft o o The new tax is fairer than the old system. jgf^M it IBJ&rlfiJ AiE0 023 unfair

►                 QUITE LARGE ft ^ ft 3 [only before noun] quite large in number, size or amount ( tfciL ft ft ) ft^ftMl:

A fair number of people came along. Aft ^ ft Ml Aft JX 0 a fair-sized town — JSEft/JvMjiUtl 0 We’ve still got a fair bit {= quite a lot) to do. fStflifttft^ftMl^^ftt

►                 QUITE GOOD ft ''i # 4 (especially BrE) quite good ft ft if

MJ; ft la Ml: There’s a fair chance that we might win this time. & & fie ID # jft Jf IIA. 0 It’s a fair bet that they won’t turn up.  , life 111 ft A ft 0 0 0 I have

a fair idea of what happened. j^ftftTflff^AMj^o o His knowledge of French is only fair, fife Ml ill £0 iR IS % ■TOo

►                  HAIR/SKIN ft A:  5 pale in colour ^&MJ; £®MJ;

a fair complexion   Ml life 0 She has long fair hair. ftfc

ft-ft'&'feftrAo o All her children are fair (= they all have fair hair). *tkMl®     iftAo 022 dark

►                 WEATHER X H 6 bright and not raining Hf HI Ml fine: a fair and breezy day B MMl B ft 7 (literary) (of winds JxQ not too strong and blowing in the right direction JR M Ml: They set sail with the first fair wind.

►                 BEAUTIFUL ftfFi 8 (literary or old use) beautiful H hr Ml: a fair maiden MM Ml ft1 ft

riTWl .all’s .fair in .love and ‘war {saying) in some situations any type of behaviour is acceptable to get what you want        ^c^ftM’lftft^ftlx be ‘fair!

{informal) used to tell sb to be reasonable in their judge­ment of sb/sth      J!: Be fair! She didn’t know you

were coming. H -# it M.! ftlfc ftif 1ft H ft. by fair means or ‘foul using dishonest methods if honest ones do not work ^#?|a fair crack of the ‘whip {BrE, informal) a reasonable opportunity to show that you can do sth (        ) «XljjlA: I felt we weren’t

given a fair crack of the whip.     It 1# ffe 111 & ft f'J ft £1

M#Jlfto fair e'nough {informal, especially BrE) used to say that an idea or suggestion seems reasonable (

M iZ ) ^iiTI, i&l# , fj: ‘We’ll meet at 8. ’ ‘Fair

enough.’ “flcfl# 8 jSfcfJEffio ” “ #o .\iO If you don’t want to come, fair enough, but let Bill know,

fair’s 'fair {informal) {BrE also fair 'dos/'do’s) used, especially as an exclamation

to say that you think that an action, decision, etc. is acceptable and appropriate because it means that everyone will be treated fairly (       A/jUA

AlTzjfj.        Ikm&xt

Ji : Fair’s fair—you can’t expect them to cancel every­thing just because you can’t make it.        

^#tllXSAl#^t6fil0«fcltMllfeinft?^—BJ. (give sb) a fair 'hearing (to allow sb) the opportunity to give their opinion of sth before deciding if they have done sth wrong, often in court (         ( ik3£

Al^^: ) AY-mX Til see that you get a fair hearing.

M * Ml tJl^o (give sb/get) a fair ‘shake {NAmE, informal) (to give sb/get) fair treatment that gives you the same chance as sb else ( A / #f'J ) (more than) your fair share of sth (more than) an amount of sth that is considered to be reason­able or acceptable ( ) ^SMJfCjl, tp ^MltScM:

He has more than his fair share of problems. ItfeMJlMMM o I’ve had my fair share of success in the past. MA i'BMIBIT JS W MJ ft o fai*- to ‘middling {old- fashioned) not particularly good or bad -JjK/KA;

it’s a fair cop {BrE, informal, humorous) used by sb who is caught doing sth wrong, to say that they admit that they are wrong (

mmm

m adv. according to the rules; in a way that is considered to be acceptable and appropriate       AiEftfe; A

■sY'nMi&: Come on, you two, fight fair! # T , I^IH o They’ll respect you as long as you playfair {=behave honestly). K^AAjfefi, ^JAlfcA- M-tkifco iTSTTCT fair and square | fairly and squarely 1 honestly and according to the rules A^jEA: We won the election fair and square. Ifell l A^IEAitfe^ o 2 (BrE) in a direct way that is easy to under­stand JClt T : I told him fair and square to pack his bags. ftMMT^ihllfeitftJplfflT^Ao 3 {BrE) exactly in the place you were aiming for X [Jw X #4 : I hit the target fair and square. !S^lJi^l4IE AIET 0 set fair (to do sth/for sth) (BrE) having the necessary qualities or conditions to succeed Wfti^Ml^^:;  JMJ^IA

She seems set fair to win the championship. t&iUX Mr fk Q M Ml & Mr o 0 Conditions were set fair for stable economic development.        —more

at say v.

■ noun

►                 ENTERTAINMENT Wi A 1 {BrE also fun-fair) {NAmE also

car-ni-val) a type of entertainment in a field or park at which people can ride on large machines and play games to win prizes MX.Let’s take the kids to the fair, ng {\] ft & ^ M 8? ^ ^ BE» o all the fun of the fair  2 {NAmE) a type of entertain­

ment in a field or park at which farm animals and products are shown and take part in competitions ( if tb A S A PH Ml ) II ft: the county/state fair       ^ ^ 0

ftpnpftft 3 {BrE) = fete(1)

►                 BUSINESS ]^ >Ik 4 an event at which people, businesses,

etc. show and sell their goods j^pp^iJaz^; a

world trade fair ft:!r-5cJS A O a craft/a book/an antique fair      Aft;

►                 ANIMAL MARKET ttSft^/ 5 (BrE) (in the past) a market at which animals were sold ( IHfrt ) ttS ft^: a horse fair a»ft

►                 JOBS X f) 6 job/careers ~ an event at which people

who are looking for jobs can get information about companies who might employ them IRik     tfcik

mnf;

.fair ‘copy noun {BrE) a neat version of a piece of

writing A;

.fair ‘dinkum adj., adv. {AustralE, NZE, informal) 1 used to emphasize that sth is genuine or true, or to ask whether it is (   ) : It’s a fair dinkum

Aussie wedding. SPftlfeilMliiAfiJlfellf TLo o ‘Burt’s just told me he’s packing up in a month.’ ‘Fair dinkum?’ “fB

ifeUcitfc&#^Ao ”, * *mj h% ?     2 used to emphasize that behaviour is accept­

able ( ® iJpJ 'U A ft ryt ) : They were asking a lot for the car, but fair dinkum considering how new it is. 1M1