affair; matter; thing; business · CL:件 jiàn, zhuāng

Joking aside, how are things going?

We have to get at the truth of the matter.

Joking aside, how are things going?

If it is worth doing, do it well.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves, if our children should live to see the next century, if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?