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face

A face is the front part of the head. His face was red with embarrassment. A look or expression on the face. He made a face at the bitter medicine. One side of a many-sided shape. A dodecahedron has twelve faces.

face

If mathx/math faces mathy/math, the front of mathx/math is pointing in the direction of mathy/math. Please face me when I speak to you. The store faces the bank. It's hard to face the fact that his wife is gone. You have to face the bully.

face

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear he washed his face I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news (= confront) deal with (something unpleasant) head on You must confront your problems He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes (= confront) oppose, as in hostility or a competition You must confront your opponent Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring The two enemies finally confronted each other (= expression, look) the feelings expressed on a person's face a sad expression a look of triumph an angry face the general outward appearance of something the face of the city is changing (= look) be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to The house looks north My backyard look onto the pond The building faces the park be opposite the facing page the two sofas face each other turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction Turn and face your partner now the striking or working surface of an implement (= confront, present) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize We confronted him with the evidence He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions An enormous dilemma faces us a part of a person that is used to refer to a person he looked out at a roomful of faces when he returned to work he met many new faces the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object) he dealt the cards face down the part of an animal corresponding to the human face (= side) a surface forming part of the outside of an object he examined all sides of the crystal dew dripped from the face of the leaf status in the eyes of others he lost face a vertical surface of a building or cliff cover the front or surface of The building was faced with beautiful stones line the edge (of a garment) with a different material face the lapels of the jacket turn so as to expose the face face a playing card (= grimace) a contorted facial expression she made a grimace at the prospect (= font) a specific size and style of type within a type family (= boldness) impudent aggressiveness I couldn't believe her boldness he had the effrontery to question my honesty

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Conjugation face conjugation

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Simple sentences

You must face the facts.
Tom showed his courage in the face of danger.
Somebody's breathing on my face. It's disgusting.
The boy pressed his face against the shop window.
Her face became pink.
She wiped her face with a handkerchief.
I remember his face but I can't remember his name.
I slapped his face.
She has a dirty face.
When I said that work had got busy so could we split the housework my husband pulled a face.
I remember your face, but I don't remember your name.
Those selected will have to face extensive medical and psychological tests.
Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.
Face life with a smile!
Let's face it, it's impossible. We're never gonna make it.
Sadly many people will believe things told to them via an email which they would find implausible face-to-face.
He makes a face like this.
He's got a face like a month of wet Sundays.
Girls are more likely than boys to be malnourished, suffer poverty, face violence and be refused an education, according to a new report.
Her face was animated by joy.
Wash your face.
To lose face means to be humiliated.
Turn your face this way.
You can talk until you're blue in the face, but you'll never convince me.
His face is distorted by pain.
She carries on smiling even in the face of adversity.
He remains calm in the face of danger.

Movie subtitles

He's upset because we just saw some guy get shot in the face.
Joseph Smith took his magical fuck frog and rubbed it upon Brigham Young's clit face.
When the day comes that we pick up a transmission from an alien civilisation, we as a species, frankly, will face our greatest challenge ever, I think.
It had a face shape.
He's got the same look on his face.
He doesn't even know your face!
It's been a long time since I've seen that expression on his face.
It's a face that looks like she came back from the dead.
Then she'll probably recognize my face!
He really doesn't know.. his own fiancee's face.
But.. how is it that this girl's face looks familiar..
At least, I need to wash my face.
I see that fear has darkened that once bright face of yours.
Let's get her a face mask.
But trust me, he lost face and therefore the game.
You should have seen the look on his face!
And no face or headshots, people.
Well look, if we can't get in his face, how are we -supposed to beat him?
It was right in front of my face, and I didn't see it.
That nature gave me, together with this face and this hump, such feelings, such greed. I beg you, quiet!
Yesterday Alissa, the little Jewess, you should have seen her face!
But let me peep at your face to see whether your eyes are bright or dull.
I have seen only the cloaked figure of a man who hides his face and will not speak!
His face is like leprous parchment, yellow skin strung tight over protruding bones!
Now, you shall see the evil spirit that makes my evil face!
Look at that face.
Your face is very familiar.
You can't see your hand before your face.
No problem, fuck face. Thank y.
My friend was lying to my face and going behind my back. Yeah.
I will enforce your face into my ass!
Yeah, they didn't even attack us face-to-face.
You not seen her face?
There was always this perplexed look on my face because she had no idea what was going on throughout all of these different scenarios of seeing ghosts and are they ghosts or are they, you know, just hallucinations of her own mind?
You could tell it from looking at his wrinkled face.
Because you were frightened by his wrinkled face?
But why did your face age so much?
Are you able to confirm her face?

News and current affairs

Indeed, America's current-account position strengthened despite the dollar's appreciation in the face of safe-haven demand.
Simply restricting the practice of land clearing probably would not work, since farm families and communities would face a strong temptation to evade legal limits.
The aim must be not only to win back the hearts of Europeans who have become skeptical, but also to convince them that the Union is indispensable to meeting the challenges Europeans face.
Serbia would save face, and would continue to have a say on crucial matters concerning Kosovo, including the treatment of the Serbian minority.
So, instead of retiring gracefully, as presidents from Bill Clinton to Boris Yeltsin routinely do, Kuchma wants to change the constitution in order to become an all-powerful prime minister who will never face a limit on the length of his term.
Moreover, major advanced economies, such as the United States, Germany, and Japan, face longer-term fiscal problems in the form of aging populations or oversize welfare states, limiting their capacity to contribute to demand management.
Their agenda is more pressing, and their problems, frankly, far more serious than ours, which makes it much more urgent for them to develop theories appropriate to the challenges they face.
This flies in the face of conventional thinking, which continues to claim that mandating carbon reductions - through cap-and-trade or a carbon tax - is the only way to combat climate change.
Indeed, economies and markets no longer face liquidity problems, but rather credit and insolvency crises.
Agricultural regions already need to become more resilient in the face of increased climate volatility.
Today, we need universities in all parts of the world to help their societies face the challenges of poverty reduction, clean energy, sustainable food supplies, and the rest.
Awareness, boldness, and comprehensive policymaking have come as a relief to French investors, and have left them better positioned to face the crisis.
The al-Saud face two threats: one from violent Islamists, and the other from liberal reformers.
Yet it is on this bottom board that we find most of the greatest challenges we face today.
Europe's citizens understand that the relatively small nation-states that make up the EU are no longer able to face these enormous challenges on their own.
The primary, and most pressing, of the problems we face is the financial and economic crisis that is enveloping the EU.
The second key challenge that we will face during our European presidency is that of Russia.
Until Afghanistan's leaders begin to address this problem seriously, our country will continue to bear the scar of violence against women on its face.
Sub-Saharan African Muslims are less assertive, and they face considerably more difficulties in their attempts to articulate their rights and establish their presence in their respective states and regions.
In the face of these undeniable facts, the path chosen by the IMF and the World Bank was, at best, a mark of their incompetence and, at worst, a deliberate ploy to keep the sub-Saharan countries and their populations in bondage.
Even government deficit spending - long the bane of Africa - seems positively puny compared to the massive debts that the US and some European countries face.
Moreover, absentee farmers face unexpected problems.
Unlike prices for coal, which is abundant and dispersed geographically, gas prices are subject to significant volatility, and the long-term trend in the face of fossil fuel depletion is uncertain.
A total of almost 1.5 million young soldiers from both North and South Korea face off against each across the heavily armed Demilitarized Zone.
Such violence is unjust on its face because it suppresses and intimidates both body and spirit.
This increasingly complex web of intersecting national interests is the face of international diplomacy in the twenty-first century.

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