The phrase "affair closed" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It can be used to indicate that a matter or issue has been resolved or concluded, but it is more typical to say "case closed."
Example: "After reviewing all the evidence, the committee decided that the affair is closed and no further action will be taken."
Alternatives: "matter settled" or "issue resolved."
A government spokesman, François Baroin, said she had "explained and even made a 'mea culpa,' " and he called the affair "closed".
"With the Enel affair closed, the Treasury will now open the RAI dossier," Maurizio Gasparri, the telecommunications minister, told a political gathering in the southern Italian town of Sorrento.
The Melian affair closes Book V, and the Sicilian Expedition opens Book VI — a pointed juxtaposition.
Egypt is also failing in its role in the eternal and indisputably-political affair closest to the hearts and minds of the majority of Muslims and Arabs the world over, the question of a sovereign Palestinian state.
Over the past week, a judicial inquiry into what is known as the Karachi affair has closed in on allies of Mr Sarkozy.
As is usually the case in these affairs, Mylan closed the books on its alleged Medicaid scam without admitting guilt.
A federal office dedicated to minority affairs was closed in 2011 after government authorities said minority issues were best dealt with on a local level.
In their infancy, the Tony and Oscar ceremonies were intimate, semi-private affairs closer to lodge meetings than to the extravaganzas of today.
Generally these tended to be rather drunken and violent affairs, closer to an inter-village free-for-all with the ball an incidental curiosity among the aggressive consumption of mead and attempts to bludgeon, gouge and generally sort out one's near neighbours.
Levi, a high school history teacher, said his friend's death in a terrorist attack had brought world affairs closer to home than he had ever imagined.
Fear of embarrassment and of unwanted official interest in their financial affairs keeps mouths closed.
