face

face
[feɪs] 1. n (ANAT)
twarz f; (expression) mina f; (of clock) tarcza f; (of mountain, cliff) ściana f; (of cube, dice) ścianka f; (fig) oblicze nt
2. vt
person direction, object zwracać się (zwrócić się perf) twarzą do +gen; unpleasant situation stawiać (stawić perf) czoło +dat; building, seat być zwróconym w kierunku +gen

face down/up — (person) (leżący) na brzuchu/plecach; (card) zakryty/odkryty

to lose/save face — stracić (perf) /zachować (perf) twarz

to make/pull a face — robić (zrobić perf) minę

to make faces — robić or stroić miny

in the face of — w obliczu +gen

on the face of it — na pierwszy rzut oka

face to face (with) — twarzą w twarz (z +instr)

to be facing sb/sth — person być zwróconym twarzą do kogoś/czegoś

to face the fact that … — przyjmować (przyjąć perf) do wiadomości (fakt), że …

Phrasal Verbs:
* * *
[feis] 1. noun
1) (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) twarz
2) (a surface especially the front surface: a rock face.) powierzchnia
3) (in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done: a coal face.) przodek
2. verb
1) (to be opposite to: My house faces the park.) wychodzić na
2) (to turn, stand etc in the direction of: She faced him across the desk.) stanąć naprzeciw
3) (to meet or accept boldly: to face one's fate.) stawić czoło
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- facial
- facing
- facecloth
- facelift
- face-powder
- face-saving
- face value
- at face value
- face the music
- face to face
- face up to
- in the face of
- lose face
- make/pull a face
- on the face of it
- put a good face on it
- save one's face

English-Polish dictionary. 2013.

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