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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.
with
Preposition
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With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened
I went to school with my brother.
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With is used to describe something added to something else
The cat has a collar with a bell on it.
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With is used to show what thing is used to do something
He hit the nail with a hammer.
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Used to introduce non-finite and verbless clauses.
With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.
steam
Noun
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A substance like air, made of water that is very hot.
The food is hot -- I see steam coming from the pot.
from
Preposition
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When something is from someone, the person gave or sent it.
I got a gift from my grandmother today.
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When someone is from a place, that's where they started.
I am Chinese. I come from Hunan province.
Sorry I'm late. I just came from school.
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You use from to talk about distances between thing in space or time.
Saturn is far from earth.
School is 5km from my home.
The year 2515 is a long time from now.
nose
Verb
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If you nose, you move with caution.
The ship nosed through the minefield.
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If you nose you snoop.
She was nosing around other people’s business.
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If you nose something, you push it with your nose.