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单词 to see face to face
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to see face to (also †with) face
a. face to (earlier †and, for) face: so as to be looking one another in the face. face to face with: looking in the face of, confronting (literal and figurative). to see face to (also †with) face: to see without interference, to see directly or clearly. Cf. face-to-face adj. and vis-à-vis n., prep., and adv. [After post-classical Latin facie ad faciem (Vulgate); compare Hellenistic Greek πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον (Septuagint), Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French face a face (1174–6; French face à face; after Latin).]
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the world > space > place > presence > be present at [verb (transitive)] > be in the presence of
to stand before ——OE
to see face to (also with) face1340
the world > space > relative position > opposite position > opposite [phrase] > face to face
neb to neblOE
face to (earlier and, for) face1535
front to fronta1585
on (also upon) the square?1611
nose to nose1732
the world > space > relative position > opposite position > opposite [phrase] > opposite each other
face to (earlier and, for) face1849
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 88 (MED) We him ssolle yzy face to face [L. facie ad faciem (1 Cor. 13:12)] clyerlyche.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 23607 Þair ioi, þair gladdscip, qua can tell..Face wit face þat godd to se.
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 357 Make þe to se þe same gode & þi-selfe wakand Face to face all his fourme.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 255 The proud Pechtis..face for face stude in thair fais sicht.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 2 Of these matters..we shall talke shortly face to face [L. coram].
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 490 Sir Walter Aston..spoke seriously face to face with him there-anent.
1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent i. i. 129 Ere long I mean to meet 'em Face to Face And gaul 'em with my Triumph.
1767 T. Gray Let. 5 Nov. (1971) III. 979 I am come..to congratulate you face to face on your good luck.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 600 The two armies were now face to face.
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. viii. 180 He found himself face to face with the root questions of all thought.
1861 T. A. Trollope La Beata I. vii. 155 The painter and the customer might never come face to face after all.
1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ix. 260 We shall see God face to face.
1943 J. D. Carr Emperor's Snuff-Box (1953) i. 6 The two [divorcing] parties must meet—face to face..—as a last effort to see whether their differences may not be adjusted.
1997 Guardian 25 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 44/3 Coming face to face with an angry mongoose.
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