Katherine Heigl
Charleston Tucker
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- 1. Pilot Nov 17, 2014
- CIA analyst Charlie Tucker and President Payton consider how to avenge the death of Payton's son.
- 2. Secrets & Lies Nov 24, 2014
- A stranded Russian submarine contains stolen U.S. secrets; Payton selects a new CIA director.
- 3. Half the Sky Dec 1, 2014
- Members of a militant Islamist movement capture 21 Nigerian girls.
state of affairs in British English. (steɪt əv əˈfɛəz ) noun. a situation; present circumstances or condition. This state of affairs cannot continue for too long, if parliament is to recover. The nation had a chance to move towards a more democratic, and modern, state of affairs.
STATE OF AFFAIRS definition: a situation: . Learn more.
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
The earliest known use of the phrase state of affairs is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for state of affairs is from 1585, in a translation by Arthur Golding, translator. state of affairs is formed within English, by compounding. state n., of prep., affair n. See etymology.
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Jun 3, 2024 · His uncooperative attitude creates a difficult state of affairs for all of us. 1950 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine , page 13 : Now this doubtness is an unhappy state of affairs to the lover of the steam locomotive, but we cannot, like the proverbial ostrich, bury our heads in the ...
