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face
Noun
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A face is the front part of the head.
His face was red with embarrassment.
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A look or expression on the face.
He made a face at the bitter medicine.
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One side of a many-sided shape.
A dodecahedron has twelve faces.
face
Verb
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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.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
dilemma
Noun
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If you are in dilemma, you are in a situation where a difficult decision has to be made between two or more choices.