face

A. n

• 1 (of person) visage (m), figure (f); (of animal) face (f) to slam the door/laugh in sb's face = claquer la porte/rire au nez de qn to pull or make a face = faire une grimace (in disgust); = faire la grimace

• 2to lose face = perdre la face to save face = sauver la face

• 3 (of clock, watch) cadran (m); (of coin) côté (m); (of planet) surface (f); (of cliff, mountain) face (f); (of playing card) face (f) face up/down = à l'endroit/l'envers

B. vtr

• 1 (look towards) [person] faire face à; [building, room] donner sur to face south [person] = regarder au sud; [building] = être orienté/-e au sud

• 2 se trouver face à [challenge, crisis]; se trouver menacé/-e de [defeat, redundancy]; affronter [rival, team] to be faced with = se trouver confronté/-e à [problem, decision]

• 3 (acknowledge) face the facts, you're finished! = regarde la réalité en face, tu es fini! let's face it, nobody's perfect = admettons-le, personne n'est parfait

• 4 (tolerate prospect) I can't face doing = je n'ai pas le courage de faire he couldn't face the thought of eating = l'idée de manger lui était insupportable

• 5 revêtir [façade, wall] (with de)

C. phr (in the face of)

• 1 en dépit de [difficulties]

• 2 face à, devant [opposition, enemy, danger]

D. adv (face to face)

• [be seated] face à face to come face to face with = se retrouver face à to talk to sb face to face = parler à qn en personne