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face 
  n  [+person] visage  m , figure  f  
→ She had a beautiful face.   
→ His face was covered with wrinkles.   
[+animal] face  f  
→ a cat with a beautiful face   
to be lying face down   [person] être étendu(e)  à plat ventre 
face to face   (adv)   [meet, speak] face à face 
→ I decided to speak to him face to face   
 →  face-to-face 
to show one's face  se montrer 
→ I daren't show my face. Everyone's talking about me.   
→ She always puts on make-up before showing her face in public   
→ I can't believe you'd show your face in here after the way you treated me   
to say sth to sb's face   (in sb's presence)  dire qch à qn en face 
Haven't you the courage to say it to his face?  N'avez-vous pas le courage de le lui dire en face? 
They would never have dared say so to his face.  Ils n'auraient jamais osé lui dire ça en face. 
to blow up in sb's face   (=backfire) se retourner contre qn 
to laugh in sb's face  rire au nez de qn 
  (=expression) 
to have a sad face  avoir l'air triste 
→ He was walking around with a sad face.   
a puzzled face, He looked at her with a puzzled face.  Il la regardait d'un air perplexe. 
to have a long face   (=look unhappy) faire une tête de six pieds de long 
to keep a straight face  garder son sérieux 
→ "And that," said Michael, keeping a straight face, `is what's wrong with the young people today'   
→ `Yes," she says, keeping an admirably straight face   
to say sth with a straight face  dire qch en gardant son sérieux, dire qch en gardant son sérieux 
→ How can he possibly say that with a straight face?   
to be written all over sb's face  se lire sur le visage de qn 
to pull a face, to make a face   (=look displeased) faire la grimace 
  (=look comical) faire une grimace 
→ People aren't going to like you if you pull that face   
to pull faces, to make faces  faire des grimaces 
to pull faces at sb, to make faces at sb  faire des grimaces à qn 
→ Kathryn pulled a face at Thomas behind his back.   
  (=dignity) 
to save face  sauver la face 
→ He had to resign, to save face.   
to lose face  perdre la face 
→ England doesn't want a war but it doesn't want to lose face.   
  (=outward aspect)  [+city, industry, countryside] visage  m  
→ The face of a city can change completely in a year.   
→ This would change the face of Malaysian politics   
to change the face of sth  changer le visage de qch 
→ as manager of Rangers he almost single handed changed the face of football in Scotland   
→ experts agreed that a united Germany would change the whole face of Europe   
the acceptable face of sth  la face acceptable de qch 
→ Brothels, she insists, are the acceptable face of prostitution   
on the face of it  à première vue 
→ On the face of it that seems to make sense. But the figures don't add up.   
→ It is, on the face of it, difficult to see how the West could radically change its position.   
 in the face of sth   [+difficulties, opposition, adversity]  (=when confronted with) face à, devant 
→ They finally backed down in the face of strong opposition   
in the face of these difficulties  face à ces difficultés, devant ces difficultés 
  (=despite) en dépit de 
→ They carry on smiling in the face of adversity.   
→ He persevered in the face of active discouragement from those around him.   
to fly in the face of sth   (=contradict completely) défier qch 
→ On the face of it, this flew in the face of all logic   
→ To claim otherwise flies in the face of reality   
  [+clock] cadran  m  
[+watch] cadran  m 
  [+building] façade  f 
  (=side)  [+dice] face  f  
[+coin] face  f  
[+playing card] face  f , dessous  m  
face down   [card] face en dessous 
  (=surface)  [+mountain] face  f  
→ the north face of the Eiger   
[+cliff] flanc  m  
→ He scrambled 200 feet up the cliff face   
on the face of the earth   (=in the whole world) à la surface de la terre 
to disappear from the face of the earth   (=become extinct) 
[species, habitat] disparaître de la surface du globe 
  (fig)  (=go missing) 
[person] disparaître de la circulation 
to be wiped off the face of the earth  être éliminé(e)  de la surface du globe 
rock face  paroi  f  rocheuse 
→ Do you remember when we climbed the rock face together?   
→ hacking at the rock face with ancient axes   
  vt 
  (=look towards) 
[person] 
 [+person] faire face à 
 [+window, door] faire face à 
→ She turned and faced the window.   
[building, room] 
 [+street, square, park] donner sur 
→ The building faces the main square.   
  (=be confronted with) 
 [+problem, difficulty] être confronté(e)  à 
→ The immense difficulties facing European businessmen in Russia were only too evident.   
We are faced with a serious problem.  Nous sommes confrontés à un grave problème. 
He faces life in prison if convicted.  Il est passible de la prison à vie s'il est reconnu coupable. 
to face facts  regarder la réalité en face 
→ We simply must face facts.   
I can't face it  je n'en ai pas le courage 
→ My children want me with them for Christmas Day, but I can't face it.   
I can't face doing ..., I can't face seeing anyone.  Je n'ai pas le courage de voir qui que ce soit. 
let's face it  admettons-le 
→ let's face it, throwing parties, however small, over Christmas, can be hard work   
→ English football's greatest moment (or, let's face it, its only moment) ...   
  (in competition)  
[team, athlete] affronter 
→ Rangers face Celtic on Saturday   
→ Davis faces Higgleton in the final on Sunday   
  vi 
to face forwards   [person] être de face 
→ he was facing forwards   
to face south   [building, garden] être orienté(e)  au sud 
→ the garden faces south   



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