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I . face [feɪs] N

1. face (part of head):

face
twarz f

2. face (expression):

face
mina f

3. face (presence):

face
oblicze nt
to tell sth to sb's face
mówić [perf powiedzieć] coś komuś prosto w oczy

4. face (front side):

face
przód m
face of building
front m
face of mountain
ściana f
face of clock, watch
tarcza f

5. face fig (aspect):

face
strona f

II . face [feɪs] VB trans

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1. face (turn towards):

to face south/the garden
wychodzić na południe/ogród
to face each other
stać naprzeciw(ko) siebie

Phrases:

to face the music inf
wypić piwo, którego się nawarzyło

face-to-face ADV

1. face-to-face (personally):

face-to-face
w cztery oczy
face-to-face meet
osobiście

2. face-to-face (meet unexpectedly):

to come face-to-face with sb
stawać [perf stanąć] z kimś twarzą w twarz

3. face-to-face (experience):

to come face-to-face with sth
spotykać [perf zetknąć] się z czymś

about-face N AM

about-face → about-turn

See also about-turn

about-turn N fig

face amount N ECON

1. face amount (face value):

face amount
wartość f nominalna

2. face amount (in insurance):

face amount
suma f ubezpieczenia

face cream N no pl

face cream
krem m do twarzy

face powder N no pl

face value N

rock face N

volte-face [ˌvɒltˈfɑ:s, Am ˌvɑ:ltˈfɑ:s] N usu no pl liter

face up to VB intr

to face up to sth
godzić [perf po-] się z czymś

Usage examples with face

face pack
maseczka f kosmetyczna
to come face-to-face with sth
spotykać [perf zetknąć] się z czymś
to come face-to-face with sb
stawać [perf stanąć] z kimś twarzą w twarz
to pull a face
robić [perf z-] minę
to wash one's face
umyć [swoją] twarz
to cross sb's face
pojawiać [perf pojawić] się na czyjejś twarzy
to mop one's face
wycierać [perf wytrzeć] pot z twarzy
face behind a mask
twarz ukryta za maską
to face each other
stać naprzeciw(ko) siebie
to face the truth
spojrzeć prawdzie w oczy
to face a charge LAW
zostać oskarżonym
to face the music inf
wypić piwo, którego się nawarzyło
to study sb's face
przyglądać się badawczo czyjejś twarzy
his face clouded over fig
spochmurniał
sb's face fell
komuś zrzedła mina
to save/lose face
zachowywać [perf zachować] /tracić [perf s-] twarz
to face facts
stanąć wobec faktów
to lose face
tracić [perf s-] twarz
her face/cheeks glowed
zarumieniła się
in the face of sth
w obliczu czegoś

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
I went to school every day covered in bruises, boils, sties and face welts, you name it.
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Banks also face problems in valuing the inventory.
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Rather than face a protracted legal case with an uncertain outcome, the board voted to accept women as members in 1990.
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Evidence from a significant number of housing benefit offices demonstrates that local, face-to-face processing of benefits is cheaper and faster than distant automated telephone and online processing.
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These are foreshortened compared to related species so its face was probably short and stubby.
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The respondents answered a number of questions varying from skin color preference, eye shape, face shape, etc.
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There is evidence that this is true (see inequity aversion) and it is intuitive, at least for small face-to-face groups of people.
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They thereupon confiscate his canoe and take off down river, leaving him to face the vengeance of the approaching humans alone.
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When thou hast said all this, fling it away to him with thy back turned, and deliver it not to him face to face.
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In addition, they think a great deal about the afterlife, which makes sense considering that they constantly face death in the line of duty.
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