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4 ways to use 'fair'
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We’re going to look at 4 different uses of the adjective fair.

I sold my car for £2000 – it was a fair deal.

In this example, fair means ‘equitable'. It means that I received the correct
amount of money. My car is worth £2000 and I received £2000.

It looks like there’s a fair chance it will rain tonight.

A fair chance is a set phrase and it describes the likelihood of something. It means
that there is ‘a good chance’, or ‘a high likelihood’ of something happening.

My sister has fair hair and fair skin.

Fair is used to describe the colour in this example. It's like saying that my sister
has light-coloured hair and light skin.

I have a fair understanding of Spanish, but I’m not fluent.

In this example, fair means 'average', or ‘not bad, but not great’. It means I know a
little Spanish, but not a lot.

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