1. noun uses2. verb and phrasal verb uses
face
(feɪs )
noun uses
Word forms: faces 1. countable noun [oft poss NOUN] A1
Your face is the front part of your head from your chin to the top of your forehead, where your mouth, eyes, nose, and other features are.
He rolled down his window and stuck his face out.
A strong wind was blowing right in my face.
He was going red in the face and breathing with difficulty.
She had a beautiful face.
Synonyms: countenance, features, clock [British, slang], kisser [slang, old-fashioned]
2. countable noun [adjective NOUN] A1
If your face is happy, sad, or serious, for example, the expression on your face shows that you are happy, sad, or serious.
He was walking around with a sad face.
The priest frowned into the light, his face puzzled.
Synonyms: expression, look, air, appearance
3. countable noun
The face of a cliff, mountain, or building is a vertical surface or side of it.
...the north face of the Eiger. [+ of]
He scrambled 200 feet up the cliff face.
Synonyms: side, front, cover, outside
4. countable noun
The face of a clock or watch is the surface with the numbers or hands on it, which shows the time.
5. singular noun
If you say that the face of an area, institution, or field of activity is changing, you mean its appearance or nature is changing.
...the changing face of the British countryside. [+ of]
This would change the face of Malaysian politics.
6. singular noun
If you refer to something as the particular face of an activity, belief, or system, you mean that it is one particular aspect of it, in contrast to other aspects.
We aim to expose the ugly face of Western authoritarianism in the developing world. [+ of]
7. to lose face uncountable noun
If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
England doesn't want a war but it doesn't want to lose face.
To cancel the airport would mean a loss of face for the present governor.
She claimed they'd been in love, but I sensed she was only saying this to save face.
8. See also about-face, face value, poker face
9. blow up in sb's face phrase [VERB inflects]
If something that you have planned blows up in your face, it goes wrong unexpectedly, with the result that you suffer.
Can't you see this could blow up in your face?
10. until sb is blue in the face phrase
If you say that someone can do something until they are blue in the face, you are emphasizing that however much they do it, it will not make any difference. [emphasis]
You can criticise him until you're blue in the face, but you'll never change his personality.
11. face down/up phrase
If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
All the time Stephen was lying face down and unconscious in the bath tub.
Charles laid down his cards face up.
12. the face of the earth phrase
You can use the expression 'on the face of the earth' to mean 'in the whole world', when you are emphasizing a statement that you are making or making a very exaggerated statement. [emphasis]
No human being on the face of the earth could do anything worse than what he did.
13. off/from the face of the earth phrase [PHRASE after verb]
If you say that something will be wiped off the face of the earth or disappear from the face of the earth, you mean that it will stop existing.
If a nuclear war breaks out, every living thing will be wiped off the face of the Earth.
14. face to face phrase
If you come face to face with a difficulty or reality, you cannot avoid it and have to deal with it.
Eventually, he came face to face with discrimination again.
I was gradually being brought face to face with the fact that I had very little success.
Synonyms: facing, tête-à-tête, opposite, confronting
15. face to face phrase B2
If you come face to face with someone, you meet them and can talk to them or look at them directly.
We were strolling into the town when we came face to face with Jacques Dubois. [+ with]
It was the first face-to-face meeting between the two men.
16. to fly in the face of phrase
If an action or belief flies in the face of accepted ideas or rules, it seems to completely oppose or contradict them.
...scientific principles that seem to fly in the face of common sense.
He said that the decision flew in the face of natural justice.
Synonyms: defy, oppose, disregard, go against
17. in the face of sth phrase
If you take a particular action or attitude in the face of a problem or difficulty, you respond to that problem or difficulty in that way.
The Prime Minister has called for national unity in the face of the violent anti-government protests.
Roosevelt was defiant in the face of the bad news.
18. to laugh in someone's face phrase [VERB and NOUN inflect]
If someone laughs in your face, they are openly disrespectful towards you.
19. a long face phrase
If you have a long face, you look very unhappy or serious.
He came to me with a very long face.
20. to make a face phrase B1+
If you make a face, you show a feeling such as dislike or disgust by putting an exaggerated expression on your face, for example by sticking out your tongue. In British English, you can also say pull a face.
Opening the door, she made a face at the musty smell. [+ at]
Kathryn pulled a face at Thomas behind his back. [+ at]
21. on the face of it phrase
You say on the face of it when you are describing how something seems when it is first considered, in order to suggest that people's opinion may change when they know or think more about the subject.
On the face of it that seems to make sense. But the figures don't add up.
It is, on the face of it, a difficult point to grasp.
Synonyms: to all appearances, apparently, seemingly, outwardly
22. put a brave face on sth/put on a brave face phrase
If you put a brave face on a bad situation or put on a brave face, you try not to show how disappointed or upset you are about the situation. In American English you can also say put on a good face.
Friends will see you are putting on a brave face and might assume you've got over your grief.
Scientists are putting a good face on the troubles.
23. to set your face against sth phrase
You can say that someone has set their face against something to indicate that they are opposed to it, especially when you want to suggest that they are wrong. [mainly British]
This Government has set its face against putting up income tax.
24. to show your face phrase
If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
If she shows her face again back in Massachusetts she'll find a warrant for her arrest waiting.
I felt I ought to show my face at her father's funeral.
Synonyms: turn up, come, appear, be seen
25. a straight face phrase
If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.
What went through Tom's mind I can't imagine, but he did manage to keep a straight face.
You have to wonder how anyone could say that seriously and with a straight face.
26. to sb's face phrase B2
If you say something to someone's face, you say it openly in their presence.
Her opponent called her a liar to her face.
27. to be written all over someone's face phrase
If a feeling is written all over your face or is written across your face, it is very obvious to other people from your expression.
Relief and gratitude were written all over his face.
I could just see the pain written across her face.
28. to shut the door in someone's face phrase
If someone shuts the door in your face or slams the door in your face, they refuse to talk to you or give you any information.
Did you say anything to him or just shut the door in his face?
29. to have egg on your face phrase
If someone has egg on their face or has egg all over their face, they have been made to look foolish.
If they take this game lightly they could end up with egg on their faces.
30. to cut off your nose to spite your face phrase
If you say that someone is cutting off their nose to spite their face, you mean they do something that they think will hurt someone, without realizing or caring that it will hurt themselves as well. [disapproval]
The industry's greed means it is cutting off its nose to spite its face.
31. shut your face phrase [NOUN inflects]
If someone tells you to shut your mouth or shut your face, they are telling you very rudely to stop talking. [informal, rude, disapproval]
'Oi, shut your mouth and have respect for elders,' the man said to the boy.
32. a slap in the face phrase
If you describe something that someone does as a slap in the face, you mean that it shocks or upsets you because it shows that they do not support you or respect you.
'The Sun' calls it a massive slap in the face for the government. [+ for]
Britons persist in treating any pay rise of less than 5% as a slap in the face.
Synonyms: insult, humiliation, snub, affront
face
(feɪs )
verb and phrasal verb uses
Word forms: faces , facing , faced 1. verb B1+
If someone or something faces a particular thing, person, or direction, they are positioned opposite them or are looking in that direction.
They stood facing each other. [VERB noun]
The garden faces south. [VERB adverb/preposition]
Synonyms: look onto, overlook, be opposite, look out on
2. verb B1+
If you face someone or something, you turn so that you are looking at them.
She stood up from the table and faced him. [VERB noun]
Stand up. Face the wall. [VERB noun]
3. verb B2
If you have to face a person or group, you have to stand or sit in front of them and talk to them, although it may be difficult and unpleasant.
Christie looked relaxed and calm as he faced the press. [VERB noun]
He was hauled in to face the judge. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: confront, meet, encounter, deal with
4. verb B2
If you face or are faced with something difficult or unpleasant, or if it faces you, it is going to affect you and you have to deal with it.
Williams faces life in prison if convicted of attempted murder. [VERB noun]
We are faced with a serious problem. [be VERB-ed + with]
5. verb B2
If you face the truth or face the facts, you accept that something is true. If you face someone with the truth or with the facts, you try to make them accept that something is true.
Although your heart is breaking, you must face the truth that a relationship has ended. [VERB noun]
He accused the Government of refusing to face facts about the economy. [VERB noun]
He called a family conference and faced them with the problems. [VERB noun + with]
Face up to means the same as face2 [sense 5].
I have grown up now and I have to face up to my responsibilities. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
They were having to face up to the fact that they had lost everything. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
6. verb [with neg] B2
If you cannot face something, you do not feel able to do it because it seems so difficult or unpleasant.
I couldn't face the prospect of spending a Saturday night there, so I decided to press on. [VERB noun/verb-ing]
My children want me with them for Christmas Day, but I can't face it. [VERB noun]
I couldn't face seeing anyone. [VERB verb-ing]
7. let's face it phrase
You use the expression 'let's face it' when you are stating a fact or making a comment about something which you think the person you are talking to may find unpleasant or be unwilling to admit.
She was always attracted to younger men. But, let's face it, who is not?
8. face the music phrase
If you face the music, you put yourself in a position where you will be criticized or punished for something you have done.
Sooner or later, I'm going to have to face the music.
Phrasal verbs:
face down
phrasal verb [Also VERB PARTICLE noun]
If you face someone down, you oppose them or defeat them by being confident and looking at them boldly. [mainly US]
He's confronted crowds before and faced them down. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
face up to face2 [sense 5]
Vocabulary Builder
FACE hair eye ear nose jaw forehead cheek mouth chin Quotations:
The face is the image of the soulDe Oratore
The face is the soul of the bodyJournal
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that
At 50, everyone has the face he deserveslast entry in notebook
Was this the face that launched a thousand ships
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?Doctor Faustus
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?Doctor Faustus
Idioms:
written all over your face
if an emotion such as relief or misery is written all over your face, it is very obvious to people that you are relieved or miserable, because of your expression
Utter jubilation and relief were written all over the faces of the freed hostages.
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throw something back in someone's face
to reject something that someone has said or done for you in a way that seems very ungrateful or rude
We extended the hand of friendship and you have thrown it back in our faces.
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take something at face value
to accept what someone says and believe it without thinking about it very much, even though it may be incorrect or untrue
Clients should know better than to take the advice of a wholesaler at face value.
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take someone at face value
to accept the impression that someone gives of themselves, even though this may be completely false
For a time I took him at face value. At that time, I had no reason to suspect him.
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stare something in the face
to have to deal with a bad situation that is very likely to occur, or is about to occur
Some of my patients are actually staring death in the face. They've suffered a heart attack, maybe two.
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stare someone in the face
to be very obvious, although someone may not yet have realized this
Even when the evidence is staring them in the face, they deliberately misread it.
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someone will be laughing on the other side of their face [British]
said to mean that although someone is happy or successful at the moment, things are likely to go wrong for them in the future. The American expression is someone will be laughing out of the other side of their mouth.
The league leaders will be laughing on the other side of their faces if they lose tomorrow.
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someone cannot look someone in the face
said to mean that someone is too ashamed or embarrassed by something that they have done to look at someone else directly
Why did I do that? I can't ever look her in the face again.
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someone can do something until they are blue in the face
said to mean that however long someone does something or however hard they try, they will still fail
You can speculate till you're blue in the face, but you can't prove a thing.
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show your face
if you do not want to show your face somewhere, you do not want to go there, for example because you are embarrassed or ashamed about something you have done
Louis skulked in his Harlem apartment for three days after his defeat, too ashamed to show his face.
to go somewhere briefly, for example because you have been invited there and you feel you should go for a short time
I felt I ought to show my face at her father's funeral.
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set your face against something [mainly British]
to oppose something in a determined way
Both the government and the major rebel groups appear to have set their faces against a negotiated settlement to the conflict.
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say something to someone's face
to say something openly in someone's presence, especially something critical or unpleasant
At school it was hard when people talked about me. No-one would ever say anything to my face because they were scared of me.
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save face
to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged
Most children have an almost obsessive need to save face in front of their peers.
The change of heart on aid seems to show that officials are looking for a face-saving way to back down.
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put a brave face on something or put on a brave face
to try not to let anyone see how upset or disappointed you are with a difficult situation
Dwight was upset by the news, but he put a brave face on it and wrote a note of congratulations.
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pull a face [British] or make a face
to show a feeling such as dislike or disgust by twisting your face into an ugly expression, or by sticking out your tongue
She made a face at the musty smell, and hurried to open the windows.
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not have the face [British]
to be too nervous or embarrassed to do something
You wouldn't lend me a couple of quid, would you? I mean, I'm dying for a smoke, and I haven't the face to borrow off Michael.
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lose face
to be made to look foolish or to do something which damages your reputation
Perhaps the FDA did not want to lose face by reversing its position.
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look someone in the face
to look at someone directly in order to convince them that what you are saying is true, even though you may be lying
He looked me in the face again and repeated, `I swear to you that it wasn't me.'
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keep a straight face
to manage to look serious, even though you really want to laugh or smile
His laugh was hard for Nancy to resist, but she managed to keep a straight face.
It's the way he tells a joke. He is completely straight-faced and I just fall about laughing.
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have a long face
to look very serious or unhappy
He came to me with a very long face and admitted there had been an error.
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have a face like thunder [British]
to look extremely angry
The Arsenal striker had a face like thunder after ending his international career in a humiliating fashion.
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get out of someone's face [informal]
to leave someone alone and to stop annoying them or interfering with them
Get out of my face or else I'm going to call the police.
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get in someone's face [mainly US, informal]
to annoy or upset someone by behaving in a very direct or aggressive way
He pretty much got in my face and told me not to leave or I'd get fired.
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fly in the face of something
to be completely against accepted ideas, rules, or practices
The plan to sell ivory flies in the face of the international ban.
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fall flat on your face
to fail or make an embarrassing mistake when you try to do something
I may fall flat on my face or it may be a glorious end to my career.
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come face to face with something
to be forced to experience a problem or the reality of a situation, and have to deal with it or accept it
Before the deal was fully closed, however, Beaverbrook came face to face with a serious problem.
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come face to face with someone or meet someone face to face
to meet someone and talk to them directly
When I first heard of his death I didn't want to call her or meet her face to face. I didn't know what to say or how to act.
The three major vice-presidential candidates took the stage tonight in Atlanta in their only face-to-face confrontation of the campaign.
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blow up in your face
if a situation blows up in your face, it unexpectedly goes wrong and destroys your plans or your chances of something
He must have known that having no evidence, this would blow up in his face.
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get egg on your face
to feel embarrassed or ashamed because of something you have done or said
Steve didn't expect to win. He just didn't want to get egg on his face.
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cut off your nose to spite your face
to do something in order to hurt another person, without realizing or caring that you will hurt yourself just as much or even more
The manager was not about to cut off his nose to spite his face by holding a grudge against a player whom he regards as 'phenomenal' and 'special'.
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plain as the nose on your face
very obvious or easy to understand
It's plain as the nose on your face that this company is wildly undervalued.
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a slap in the face
a situation in which someone upsets you by insulting you or appearing to reject you
The revelation that some executives were receiving 50 per cent pay rises even though their companies were doing badly was real slap in the face for millions of people struggling to make ends meet.
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face the music
to accept responsibility for something that you have done wrong and to prepare yourself to be criticized or punished for it
The authorities had found us out and we were about to face the music.
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Collocations:
face a hurdle face a lawsuit face a penalty face a problem face a risk face a sentence face a situation face a task face a threat face an issue face an obstacle face forward face glows face jail face opposition face peers face pressed face pressure face resistance face shines face softens face the prospect of face trial familiar face flushed face frame a face friendly face grim face handsome face illuminate a face impassive face lovely face narrow face nation faces obscure a face palms facing pretty face puffy face red face round face sad face scan faces smooth face thin face twisted face ugly face upturned face wash the face wrinkled face
But now we faced a hurdle: convincing a bank, savings and loan, or some other agency to lend us the rest of the funds.
Christianity Today
Face any hurdles as they arise - don't just bury your head in the sand.
The Sun
He now faces the hurdles of parliamentary ratification, a referendum and a constitutional amendment.
Times, Sunday Times
But, in general, to give in now to his unhappiness will make it harder for him to face the hurdles we all have to jump in the steeplechase of life.
Times, Sunday Times
He still faces a lawsuit over the disastrous investment, which could cost him another $2bn.
Times, Sunday Times
Six months after construction began, the venues owners faced a lawsuit regarding noise control.
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It also faced a lawsuit by a vendor alleging it owed 300,000 dollars for merchandise.
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Should the auditors rule against him he could face a penalty of more than $100 million.
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The letter told cardholders they had missed a monthly payment and urged them to call an 0844 number or face a penalty.
The Sun
We do best as a country and our economy thrives when working people don't face a penalty on aspiration.
Times, Sunday Times
Sport gives these because you have rules you must adhere to or you face a penalty.
The Sun
It went on to say they could face a penalty if they don't inform the tax office of all the years they are liable to pay for.
Times,Sunday Times
A very strong contender for the biggest problem facing the earth would be poverty.
The Chomsky Update - Linguistics and Politics (1990)
This is not the only problem facing families with a history of cystic fibrosis.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The problem facing designers, however, is the apparently insatiable consumer appetite for knockoffs.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This includes homes where tenants are exposed to asbestos or face the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
The Sun (2013)
The sluggish pace of trade growth since the financial crisis is ominous for a global economy that is facing the risk of a sharp slowdown.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He could face a sentence of up to 60 years.
Times, Sunday Times
Anyone convicted of using drones in an attempt to get contraband into prisons can face a sentence of up to two years.
Times, Sunday Times
If convicted she would face a sentence of as much as five years, rather than being held under house arrest.
Times, Sunday Times
If convicted, they could each face a sentence of life in prison, and fines of up to $250,000.
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Any worker taking part in an unauthorised strike may face a sentence of up to five years' imprisonment, combined with a fine of up to $50,000.
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Without modern antibiotics, we face a situation where simple infections could become life-threatening.
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This cap will force couples to face a situation where they are worse off financially by staying together.
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In this stark documentary he tries to face his situation, having the tough conversations he has so far tried to avoid and meeting people with experience of similar illnesses.
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He has to stand up and face the situation that he himself has created, but he has the strength of character to do that.
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But you want other people going through a divorce to be aware that they could face this situation if they rely on verbal agreements.
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The rest of us face the task of discovering what activities constitute 'other' to ensure that we tick the right box.
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Two brothers stand to make a fortune by auctioning off the family home, but before the sale can be finalised they face the task of evicting its resident mouse.
The Sun
I brief the team and prepare to face the task.
Times, Sunday Times
I will face the task are layered over each other.
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If you're facing any task, it's learning to fully savour the fruits of your labours.
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As we face the threat of climate change, electronics will be at the heart of the response.
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Five police officers face the threat of disciplinary action as a result of the trial.
Times, Sunday Times
The move comes as thousands of homeowners face the threat of repossession over coming months.
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Constitutional experts warned that the next prime minister could face the threat of an immediate no-confidence motion.
Times, Sunday Times
Suspects face the threat of a criminal record and fines of up to 1,000.
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It is the same issue faced by deep-sea divers who come up too quickly - and it can often be fatal.
The Sun (2016)
He said that pricing was the most important issue facing exporters.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The homebuilding fund will not address the most pressing issue facing the industry's employers: a critical shortage of skilled workers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We are halfway into a third industrial revolution in which countless established industries have been threatened by a new generation of entrepreneurs who do not face the obstacle of distribution.
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They face an obstacle course challenge, with the reward being phone calls home.
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In layman's terms, this means allowing fish to swim up and down rivers without facing an obstacle.
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However, you're facing obstacles in the form of those who regard the accompanying changes as a nuisance or, worse, simply refuse to budge.
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Even when people do shop around, they can face obstacles.
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Face forward and keep shoulders back and relaxed, with arms stretched out in front of you.
The Sun
It then turns to face forward, and locks in place for travelling.
Times, Sunday Times
The seats swivel to face forward or the window.
Times, Sunday Times
The pointed end of the egg should face forward to aid aerodynamics.
The Sun
Bend the right leg and lift to waist height while bending arms, bringing them up so palms face forward.
The Sun
My heart leaps, my little face glows, my steps quicken.
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Her perfect pale face glows out of the darkness of the backround like an apparition.
Times, Sunday Times
Your face glows, your eyes gush.
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It was the latter cause that led to his death, as he faced jail and a seven-figure fine for computer crimes after downloading academic journals.
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A public school pupil who was behind a 12 million internet bank fraud is facing jail after admitting charges of fraud.
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Individuals faced with this dilemma did not know whether or not they faced jail for accompanying a loved one to a country where assisted suicide is lawful.
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Those who have publicly flouted the ban have faced jail.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
However, similar moves at some finished developments face opposition from residents who fear that younger neighbours will bring with them increased crime and nuisance.
Times, Sunday Times
I don't think you'll face opposition in our culture in the days ahead.
Christianity Today
Yet, now that you face opposition, you could take it personally and respond with ferocity.
Times, Sunday Times
But any change would face opposition from insolvency experts.
Times, Sunday Times
All face opposition from the forces of conservatism, the enemies of enterprise and the armies of vested interests.
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From the base of a giant kapok tree, an eerie face peers out, painted white on the bark.
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Another face peers out from an even bigger fixture - a towering wall-fountain.
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Six feet from the ground, the mysterious face peers at visitors with knotted eyes, its lips twisted into a gnarled grin.
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Eventually she can no longer sit and slumps to the ground, her face pressed against the filthy pavement.
The Sun
She was dressed all in black and wearing a pair of aviator sunglasses, her face pressed into a scowl.
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Flood, his face pressed against the artificial turf, looked distraught.
Times, Sunday Times
It was a very fast movement; he crossed his arms behind my back and squeezed me so tight my face pressed into his chest.
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As he peered through the observation panel into their cell, he saw one prisoner lying on the floor and the other with his face pressed to the door.
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The company has faced pressure from cheaper store brands and also felt the pinch as retailers cut back on goods that they keep in stock.
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The conservative monarchy is also facing pressure from foreign governments.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It has a policy of at least maintaining dividends but might face pressure if commodity prices remain depressed.
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She will face pressure to call a snap general election.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
At the rental desk you may face pressure to buy excess waiver insurance, which can more than double the price.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And he was constantly facing resistance from his fellow preachers.
Christianity Today
However, pagan soldiers have often faced resistance.
Times, Sunday Times
The internet businesses are facing resistance - sometimes spurred on by the hotel industry - in cities around the world where local laws limit shortterm rentals, but they are fighting back.
Times, Sunday Times
The plan faced resistance from the private sector.
Times, Sunday Times
Even the light bulb faced resistance.
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The right face shines out from a group selfie.
The Sun
His expressive face shines through the computer animation.
The Sun
Her face shines with sweat.
Times, Sunday Times
His face softened, and he tried, foolishly, to open the car door without awakening her.
THE SCAR (2002)
Suddenly, his expression changed, and the hard lines around his face softened.
KISSCUT (2002)
His eyes glazed and his face softened to a concentrated luxuriousness.
A DARKENING STAIN (2002)
Eleven clients of rogue private investigators face the prospect of being charged after an investigation uncovered evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Those who go through the courts will face the prospect of additional legal costs.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I am marrying this year and face the prospect of compiling a gift list.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A dozen cities face the prospect of having to impose charges on owners of diesel vehicles under government plans to tackle air pollution.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Last month, it emerged that other cities face the prospect of having to impose charges on diesel vehicles under government plans to tackle air pollution.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He is due to face trial accused of careless driving.
The Sun (2006)
Some bereaved relatives want him to face trial for war crimes.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She is to face trial for criminal damage.
The Sun (2012)
There are many familiar faces in this episode.
The Sun (2007)
It helps to have familiar faces around, people you trust.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Instead of the jolly gang of familiar faces, I was met by a row of empty bar stools.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
My flushed face has a healthy glow, so something definitely worked.
The Sun
Other symptoms include a high temperature, flushed face and red, swollen tongue.
The Sun
The arrest report describes him as having a 'flushed face, bloodshot eyes, and the odour of alcohol on his breath'.
Times, Sunday Times
I have done so in the past with no side effects apart from a flushed face.
Times, Sunday Times
Now to that giveaway flushed face.
Times, Sunday Times
Lightly smooth the front section of hair to frame your face before forming a ponytail with the rest.
Times, Sunday Times
He believed that hair should frame the face with artistic flair.
The Sun
A shoulder-length cut would frame the face better, or trying out loose up-dos would look more modern.
Times, Sunday Times
This seven-stage wonder-brow shaping system threads, tints, plucks, tweezes, waxes and totally redefines your eyebrows to perfectly frame your face.
The Sun
We also shaped some layers around the front to frame the face.
Times, Sunday Times
It was very pleasant to be greeted by friendly faces and welcoming voices and to feel we could relax again.
A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES (2003)
I look up and down the corridor hoping to see a friendly face that might report what's going on.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
When you arrive at the hotel, you are greeted with a smile and a friendly face.
The Sun (2007)
He slipped back five minutes later with a grim face.
Times, Sunday Times
I hate the smell, the grim faces of the waiting, the pained, weary faces of the recovering, the factory-like processing of anguish and distress.
Christianity Today
Or to the grim faces in the boardroom who have continued to back him when the call for action has grown by the week.
The Sun
The grim faces of those arriving meant only one thing - a bank was in trouble.
Times, Sunday Times
Film footage shows the grim faces of its doomed inhabitants.
The Times Literary Supplement
It had taken his first sight of Henry Fielding's distinctively handsome face to nudge the watchman's memory.
MAN'S LOVING FAMILY (2001)
He is perhaps in his late thirties and has the weak, handsome face of a matinee idol.
52449_CLARA (2001)
His eyebrows ride up his handsome face, his lips purse: `What's the catch?
A MEANS TO EVIL
Mr Mallard came out of his room, tying the cord of his dressing gown, a look of disapproval on his ruggedly handsome face.
NOBLE BEGINNNINGS
A wry grin illuminates his face as he savours the prospect.
Times, Sunday Times
Turn your body towards the sunshine - and slightly away from the camera - extend your neck and hold your hat for a pose that flatters the jawline and illuminates your face.
The Sun
A separate source of light, which also behaves as if from a divine rather than natural source, illuminates her face.
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Light from the upper right fully illuminates the face, hollowing the form of the cheek, and allowing for the representation of blemishes on the right cheek and ear lobe.
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Glass, his normally impassive face creased by the faintest of smiles, was shutting the doors again.
THE WHITE DOVE
Anyway,' I said, glancing at his impassive face, `the `` truth' we've just been through is not erasable.
A DARKENING STAIN (2002)
As he approached the Chancellor it was noticed that his lips were trembling slightly in his otherwise impassive face.
DISRAELI: A Personal History (2004)
She continued examining the documents with an impassive face.
No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007)
Who, given our current circumstances, would be so crass as to find themselves distracted by the lovely symmetry of his lovely face?
Times,Sunday Times
She's hot and has a lovely face and everything.
The Sun
With luck, her steely ambition to be one of the best will propel her even further than her lovely face.
Times, Sunday Times
You have a lovely face shape and eyes and will easily carry it off.
Times, Sunday Times
Does her lovely face look remotely bothered by the fuss?
Times, Sunday Times
Carol studied his narrow face, itemizing the features as she habitually did.
THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
He was perhaps six feet tall, with a whipcord leanness to his body and a thin, narrow face in which the eyes gleamed watchfully.
A TROUT IN THE MILK (2002)
And once again he saw across the smoke-filled room the narrow face shaded under the old tweed hat, the raised glass, the sardonic smile.
THE ONLY GAME
The nation faces a full ten years of bitter austerity since the financial crash of 2008 because of the recovery's failure, he warned.
The Sun
The horse carrying the dreams and euros of a nation faces a crucial examination today.
Times, Sunday Times
We have yet to fully grasp the risks this nation faces as we slide ever deeper into debt.
The Sun
Critics say the nation faces a huge backlog of road maintenance - leaving many highways in a dangerous state.
The Sun
Our nation faces a crisis greater than the breakdown of the family-the breakdown of community.
Christianity Today
Because of their ability to obscure the face, hoodies are often regarded with suspicion.
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His apparent attempt to obscure his face from the public gaze, suggests he did realise that he shouldn't draw attention to himself.
Times, Sunday Times
But, more significantly, by presenting himself with hand shadowing brow, the painter deliberately obscures his face.
Times, Sunday Times
The rioters took to the roof of the building, their faces obscured by shirts wrapped around their heads.
Times, Sunday Times
Each member of the gang obscured their faces with balaclavas or hid them from the cameras by carrying items such as bin bags above their heads.
Times, Sunday Times
Stand facing the anchor point with palms facing each other and feet together.
The Sun
With arms by your sides, and palms facing up, bend your arms and lift the weights up towards the shoulders.
Times, Sunday Times
Your arms should be extended at your sides with the palms facing upward.
The Sun
Extend arms forwards with the palms facing down.
The Sun
Lie on your back with your ankles resting on a football, arms by your side with palms facing upwards.
The Sun
I thought of the pretty face in the pictures and had to wait a moment before I was sure I could speak civilly to him again.
NO BODY (2002)
Framed by the coif, her small pretty face, lightly lined, stared at Maria.
THE GOLDEN LION (1990)
Why did that pretty face seem so familiar?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Through the gap I took in her plump, pretty face with its blunt nose and rather fat, pouty lips.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR (2002)
She knew Alex had a soft spot for a pretty face and she knew Paula was well aware of her husband's proclivities.
HIDING FROM THE LIGHT (2002)
They also explained his puffy face was down to an addiction to Botox.
The Sun (2014)
She used no make-up on her puffy face.
Somewhere East of Life (1994)
He is middleaged, puffy faced and unshaven.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I managed three and, with a heavy heart (and very red face), was forced to admit defeat.
The Sun
Because you always end up back where you started, with muddy shoes, smelly armpits and that internationally recognised hallmark of a simpleton - a red face.
The Sun
Swallows have a blue back, red face and long streamers on each side of the tail.
Times,Sunday Times
Their coppery plumage gleams in the sunshine, and their glossy green neck and red face also glow brightly.
Times, Sunday Times
Or perhaps his blue blood gave him a red face.
The Sun
I had a round face and stringy hair, and my measurements were 36-24-35.
Times,Sunday Times
It's a round face that manages to look wise and gormless at the same time.
Times, Sunday Times
They included a round face, small nose and no facial hair.
Times, Sunday Times
His round face and dark eyes were nearly lost in the dimness.
Christianity Today
The hints of a smile play on his round face.
Times, Sunday Times
I gave him a glove with a sorry, sad face and my autograph.
The Sun
Symbols included the usual smiley face, sad face, cross face etc, but also red lips and a broken heart.
Times, Sunday Times
Poor behaviour leads to a removal of a marble or a sad face on her chart.
Times, Sunday Times
Should you add a sad face at the end?
The Sun
One has just arrived from him with a sad face drawn on it - saying we'll try to be friends.
The Sun
A slight shudder goes through the group as they scan faces, wondering which it could be.
Times, Sunday Times
We sit in coffee shops and scan faces as they filter by unawares on the sidewalk.
Christianity Today
He would scan faces in crowds, looking for similarities.
Times, Sunday Times
Now 62, she has a wide, smooth face, large eyes and silver hair plaited into pigtails and tied with fraying pink bands.
Times, Sunday Times
I mainly play baffled rustics, so a smooth face of calm would limit even these roles.
The Sun
Stainless steel may be expensive, but that effortlessly smooth face has its advantages.
Times, Sunday Times
She's their height, has the same smooth face, the same quick wits.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a shame to see a smooth face with a sun-spot smattered decolletage - everything should match.
The Sun
His green-grey hair, like reeds, framed a long, thin face.
Times, Sunday Times
His thin face was clenched with anxiety, and his hands had started shaking again.
Times, Sunday Times
His steps were faltering, his cheeks and eyes sunken in a thin face, his skin a sickly grey from spending almost half his life in prison.
Times, Sunday Times
Trundling around the shops with your newly thin face, letting us in on the bizarre practices that get food to their shelves on such a scale, in any season.
Times, Sunday Times
He had also a lot of hair which tumbled over his forehead in heavy locks and made his thin face seem smaller.
The Secret Garden
The following close-up of the man's twisted face, like the film itself, ought to be ridiculous - and yet it isn't.
Times, Sunday Times
He had no front teeth and a pinched, slightly twisted face.
Times, Sunday Times
It was an angry, twisted face.
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Talk about the ugly face of capitalism!
The Sun (2016)
A lot of the media and news coverage shows the ugly face of life in Syria.
The Sun (2016)
Final whistle on ugly face of football?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And have you seen my ugly face on it?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The cold snow was a welcome coolant as it drifted onto her upturned face.
ANGELS EVERYWHERE (2002)
In fact he had broken off contact already and languidly pushed the linen hat farther across his upturned face.
THE QUEST FOR K (2001)
After the touch of the sun on her upturned face, the interior seemed gloomy.
THE HELLBOUND HEART (2001)
A little shower of drops struck her upturned face, some of them finding her mouth.
EVERVILLE (2001)
Foam it up in your hands and use the suds to wash your face and body for comfortably clean skin.
The Sun
You cannot wash your face in the bathroom sink without splashing your toes.
Times, Sunday Times
Step away from the mirror, no squeezing and use fingertips to wash the face lightly.
Times,Sunday Times
So go on, guv'nors - and make sure you wash your face and hands beforehand.
Times, Sunday Times
Never wash your face with soap and water.
The Sun
His wrinkled face is angular but kindly.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Perspiration ran down her wrinkled face, and a wide white smile split the ashy web of fine wrinkles on it.
DOWNTOWN (1994)
He was a slight man with a wrinkled face and a mop of grey hair.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In the tallowy and wrinkled face were eyes as searching as needles.
SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
Translations:
Chinese: 脸, 面对
Japanese: 顔, ･･･に向かう 方角
- garden fork
- garden furniture
- garden gate
- gardenia
- gardening
- gardening book
- gardening enthusiast
- gardening leave
- garden makeover
- garden ornament
- garden party
- garden pest
- garden plant
- garden plot
- garden pond
- garden shed
- garden soil
- garden sprinkler
- garden terrace
- garden-variety
- gargantuan
- gargantuan proportions
- gargantuan task
- gargle
- gargoyle