0 the part of your body where your eyes, nose, mouth etc. are -- visage [ masculine ]
1 sb’s expression -- air [ masculine ]
2 used with adjectives to indicate a particular type of person -- visage [ masculine ]
4 one part of an idea -- côté [ masculine ]
the acceptable face of globalization le côté acceptable de la mondialisation
5 the character of sth -- visage [ masculine ]
the changing face of medicine le visage changeant de la médecine
6 lying in a position with your face looking at the ground -- face contre terre
Lie face down on the floor. Allongez-vous face contre terre sur le sol.
7 (of two people) looking directly at each other -- face à face
8 lying in a position with your face looking up -- sur le dos
10 to damage your reputation -- perdre la face
11 to give your face a funny or disapproving expression -- faire la grimace / des grimaces
kids making faces at each other des enfants se faisant des grimaces
He tasted it and made a face. Il l’a goûté et a fait la grimace.
12 to avoid damaging your reputation -- sauver la face
13 indicates that you say sth directly to sb -- en face
14 emphasizes that sth cannot be found -- disparaître de la surface de la terre
15 to have the front turned toward -- faire face
16 to deal with or accept a difficult situation -- être confronté/-ée à
a species facing extinction une espèce menacée d’extinction
The company is faced with two problems. L’entreprise est confrontée à deux problèmes.
I can’t face listening to her stories again. Je n’ai pas le courage d’écouter à nouveau ses histoires.
You’ll have to face the fact that he’s not coming back. Tu vas devoir affronter le fait qu’il ne reviendra pas.
Let’s face it, we’re not rich. Regardons les choses en face, nous ne sommes pas riches.
17 the front part of the head, from forehead to chin -- visage
a beautiful face.
18 a surface especially the front surface -- face
a rock face
Dice have six faces.
19 in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done -- front d’attaque
a coal face.
20 to be opposite to -- donner sur, faire face à
21 to turn, stand etc in the direction of -- être en face de
In order to enable this process of emancipation to develop, we have to face up to significant problems.
We must combat the injustices that people living in extreme poverty and poor workers have to face.
However, it cannot face the fury of the market alone at this difficult stage.
I hope that we will face this later rather than sooner, but it is definitely part of anticipation of the strategy.
So racism does have a name and a face.
We all know now what the common side of the coins is going to look like: the euro now has a face!
Every day it shows us its real face.
So this is the human face of socialism!
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