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| face n | (expression) | blik nw de |
| | She did not have a happy face that day. |
| face n | (appearance) | houding nw de |
| | Let's put on a brave face and get on with it. |
| face n | (grimace) | bek nw de |
| | Stop pulling faces! |
| face n | (surface) | oppervlakte nw de |
| | | oppervlak nw het |
| | I was the luckiest man on the face of the earth. |
| face n | (façade) | gevel, façade nw de |
| | | voorkant nw de |
| | The face of the house was covered in plaster. |
| face n | informal (impudence) | lef nw het |
| | He had the face to ask me for more money! |
| face n | (pretence) | houding nw de |
| | He's not really interested. It's just a face. |
| face n | (visible side) | voorkant nw de |
| | | beeldzijde nw de |
| | Simon stared up at the face of the moon. |
| face n | (geometry: side) | zijde, kant nw de |
| | A cube has six faces. |
| face n | (typography: design) | lettertype nw het |
| | They used a large, heavy face for the title. |
| face n | (mining: wall) (uiteinde van een mijnwerkerstunnel, van waaruit wordt gegraven) | front nw het |
| | They drilled into the face of the rock. |
| face vi | (turn) | zich richten tot wk. ww + vz |
| | Her mind faces towards the future. |
| face vi | (be situated) | uitkijken op onoverg.ww |
| | Our bedroom faces to the east. |
| face vtr | (turn toward) | zich richten tot onoverg.ww |
| | Turn and face the audience. |
| face vtr | (confront) | onder ogen zien overg.ww |
| | You've got to face your problems. |
| face vtr | (cover) | bedekken overg.ww |
| | | bezetten overg. ww |
| | The front of the house was faced with limestone. |
| face [sth]⇒ vtr | (card: turn upward) (speelkaart) | open neerleggen overg.uitdr. |
| | Lay your cards down without facing any of them. |
| face⇒ vtr | (soldiers: turn) (in samenstelling) | -om bn |
| | Face right! |
| face vtr | (ice hockey: drop a puck) (ijshockey) | de puck bij een face-off neerleggen |
| | The referee faced the ball between the two opposing players. |
Vaste combinatie van werkwoord en voorzetsel
face | facing |
face [sth/sb] down,
face down [sth/sb] vtr phrasal sep | (overcome by confronting) | iemand confronteren overg.ww |
| | I faced down my attacker and he ran away. |
| face out vi phrasal | (be looking outwards) | naar buiten kijken woordgr |
| | Books that face out are more likely to catch the customer's eye. |
| face up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | colloquial (acknowledge: [sth] unpleasant) | onder ogen zien overg. uitdr. |
| | You need to face up to reality, and deal with the matter swiftly. |
Samengestelde woorden:
face | facing |
| baby face n | informal ([sb] with a child-like face) | iemand met een kindergezicht frase |
| | | babyface nw de |
| baby face n | (child-like facial features) | kindergezicht nw het |
| | She has such a baby face, you'd never guess she was in her thirties. |
| come face to face with v expr | literal, figurative (be confronted by, meet [sb], [sth]) (figuurlijk) | oog in oog komen te staan met onoverg.uitdr. |
| | I knew that at some point, I would have to come face to face with my ex. |
| etch lines on [sb]'s face v expr | figurative (time, etc.: age [sb]) (figuurlijk) | een getekend gezicht hebben overg.uitdr. |
| | Time had etched deep lines on Leon's face. |
| face down adv | (facing downwards) | naar beneden gericht woordgr |
| | Place the document face down on the glass to scan it. |
| | After tripping over the roller skate, he found himself face down on the sidewalk. |
| face paint n | (paints for decorating face) | schmink nw de |
| | Mary decorated her daughter's face with green and black face paint for Halloween. |
face painting,
face-painting n | (decorating the face with paint) | schminken ww |
| face the music v expr | figurative, informal (confront [sth]'s consequences) | zich verantwoorden wederkerend ww |
| | His only option was to go home and face the music. |
| face to face adv | (in person) | in levende lijve bw |
| | We exchanged emails for a year before finally meeting face to face. |
| | We'd seen each other's photos, but the first time we met face to face was a shock. |
| face value n | (monetary worth as printed) | nominale waarde bn + nw de |
| | Banks will only cash notes for their face value. |
| face-to-face adj | (direct, in person) | in levende lijve bw |
| | Our first face-to-face encounter was way back in 1982. |
| | This school provides both online and face-to-face tutoring. |
facecloth,
face cloth,
face-cloth n | (face flannel, wash cloth) | washandje nw het |
| | | washand nw de |
| in the face of expr | (despite) | ondanks bw |
| | In the face of all her problems, Mary persisted in her studies. |
| in the face of expr | (when confronted with) | in aanwezigheid van woordgr |
| | In the face of the angry crowd, the speaker maintained her calm. |
| in your face interj | slang (expressing defiance) (informeel) | lekker voor je, pech gehad tw |
| keep a straight face v expr | informal (look serious, avoid smiling) | zijn gezicht in de plooi houden uitdr. |
| | (figuurlijk) | een stalen gezicht houden uitdr. |
| | It was difficult to keep a straight face when I played that prank on my coworkers. |
| laugh in [sb]'s face v expr | informal (greet [sb] with derision) | iemand uitlachen vnw + ww |
| | | iemand in zijn gezicht uitlachen frase |
| | When he suggested that I pay $10,000 for that piece of junk, I laughed in his face. |
| long face n | figurative (sad expression) (figuurlijk) | lang gezicht bn + nw het |
| | You got everything you wanted, so why the long face? |
| make a funny face v expr | informal (make silly facial expression) (informeer) | gekke bekken trekken frase |
| | | een gek gezicht trekken frase |
| | To make me laugh, my dad made funny faces at me. |
| meet face to face v expr | (encounter in the flesh) (figuurlijk) | oog in oog komen te staan onoverg.uitdr. |
| | While I was out hiking, I met face to face with a mountain lion. |
| right face interj | (military: turn to the right) (leger) | rechtsomkeert, rechtsomkeer tw |
| | The sergeant yelled “Right face!” in my ear. |