face

[feis] 1. noun

1) (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) obraz

2) (a surface especially the front surface: a rock face.) sprednja stran

3) (in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done: a coal face.) (rudniško) čelo

2. verb

1) (to be opposite to: My house faces the park.) gledati na

2) (to turn, stand etc in the direction of: She faced him across the desk.) soočiti se

3) (to meet or accept boldly: to face one's fate.) spoprijeti se

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- -faced

- 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

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I [feis]

noun

obraz, lice; izraz obraza, spaka, zmrda; videz; sprednja (zgornja, prava) stran; zunanji del, pogled od spredaj; fasada, površina; številčnica; figuratively predrznost, nesramnost; brušena ploskev

before the face of — v navzočnosti, pred (kom)

to draw ( —ali pull, wear) a long face — biti videti potrt, kislo se držati

in the face of day — ob belem dnevu; odkrito

his face fell — nos se mu je povesil

to fly in (to) the face of s.o. — upreti se komu, razjeziti, razžaliti ga

to fly in the face of Providence — izzivati usodo

you have a good face — zdravi ste videti

nautical guide face — drsa zapore

full face — obraz od spredaj

half face — profil

to have the face to (do s.th.) — upati, drzniti si (kaj storiti)

in (the) face of — vpričo, neglede na, vkljub

I could hardly keep a straight face — komaj sem zadrževal smeh

to look in the face of s.o. — drzno koga gledati

to lose the face — zgubiti ugled

to make ( —ali pull) faces at — spakovati se nad

to make a wry face at s.th. — kislo kaj gledati

face to face with — naravnost, osebno, pred, vpričo

on the face of it — očitno, na prvi pogled

to put a bold ( —ali good) face on s.th. — ne si gnati kaj preveč k srcu

to put a new face on s.th. — postaviti kaj v drugo luč

a right about face — popoln obrat

to run one's face — dobiti kredit s predrznim nastopom

to save one's face — za las uiti sramoti

to set one's face against s.th. — upirati se čemu

to set one's face like a flint — biti neuklonljiv

to shut the door in one's face — preprečiti nadaljnje razgovore, uresničenje načrta

to show one's face — priti, prikazati se

to show a face — izzivalno se vesti

to s.o.'s face — odkrito, v navzočnosti koga

to tell straight to s.o.'s face — naravnost komu povedati

to throw s.th. in s.o.'s face — očitati, oponašati komu kaj

face value — imenska vrednost

II [feis]

1.

transitive verb

kljubovati, upirati se, spoprijeti se; soočiti; sprijazniti se, prenesti; obložiti, prevleči, pokriti; ostružiti, zgladiti;

2.

intransitive verb

biti obrnjen proti

military obrniti se; American to face the music — prenesti očitke, sprijazniti se, ne pokazati strahu

to face s.th. out — sam si pomagati v težavah, premagati kaj

military left face — na levo

right face — na desno