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1 عمران:: سینه کار حفاری

واژگان شبکه مترجمین ایران

2 عمومی:: روبه‌، نما، مواجه‌ شدن‌، صورت‌، ط‌رف‌، سمت‌، رخسار، ظ‌اهر، چهره‌، وجه‌، رخ‌، چهره، رو

شبکه مترجمین ایران

3 :: صورت

واژگان شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: face adjectives pretty/beautiful/handsome etc • Her face was beautiful in the morning light. round/oval/square • Her face was round and jolly. thin/narrow • Tears rolled down her thin face. pale/dark • His face suddenly became pale and I thought he was going to faint. an angular face (= so thin that you can see the bones ) • She stared at his dark, angular face. sad/serious • Maggie looked at him with a sad face. happy/smiling • Shelley looked at the children’s happy faces. a grinning face • He looked down at the boy’s grinning face. angry • Beth’s angry face stared fiercely at her husband. worried/anxious • My father watched us go with a worried face. puzzled • He looked at his son’s puzzled face. blank/impassive (= showing no emotion or thoughts ) • What was she really thinking behind that blank face? wrinkled/lined (= with a lot of small lines, especially because of old age ) • His wrinkled face must once have been handsome. scowling (= one that shows you are not pleased about something ) • He looked around and saw his boss's scowling face behind him. a long face (= an unhappy expression ) • What’s the long face for? verbs sb’s face goes/turns red (= becomes red ) • His face went red with embarrassment. sb’s face goes/turns pale (= becomes pale ) • I saw her face go pale when he walked in. sb’s face lights up/brightens (= they start to look happy ) • Denise’s face lit up when she heard the news. sb’s face darkens (= they start to look angry or threatening ) • She handed him the letter and his face darkened. sb’s face falls (= they look sad or disappointed ) • Her face fell when she saw who it was. pull/make a face (= to change your expression to make people laugh or to show you are angry, disappointed etc ) • Here’s a funny photo of Joe pulling a face. sb’s face is contorted with anger/rage (= someone’s face is twisted out of its normal shape because they are angry ) • Eve’s face was contorted with anger as she picked up the broken vase. phrases a look/expression on sb’s face • She had a rather surprised look on her face. • I could tell by the look on Dan’s face that he was disappointed. a smile/grin/frown on sb’s face • There was a mischievous grin on her face. • He was reading the newspaper with a frown on his face. you can see something in sb’s face (= you know what someone is feeling from the expression on their face ) • She could see the despair in his face. something is written all over sb’s face (= their feelings can be seen very clearly in their expression ) • You’re jealous – it’s written all over your face! you should have seen sb’s face (= used to say that someone was very angry, surprised etc ) • You should have seen his face when I told him that I was resigning. a face like thunder (= a very angry expression ) • The boss had a face like thunder when he arrived this morning. face 2 nouns face a problem • She told me about some of the problems she was facing. face a difficulty • The hotel’s owners were facing financial difficulties. face a challenge • The coal industry faces serious challenges. face the task of doing something • He faced the task of preparing a three-course meal for 50 people. face a danger • He has the courage to face danger in spite of fear. face opposition (= deal with strong disagreement ) • The government faced opposition from the Liberal Democrats. face charges (= be accused of a crime and have to go to a court of law ) • He faces charges of fraud and theft. face an uncertain/difficult future • The company is facing an uncertain future. face the prospect of something (= something in the future is going to affect you and you will have to deal with it ) • Many coastal cities face the prospect of disastrous flooding.

transnet.ir

2 general::   noun front part of the head ADJ. angelic, beautiful, handsome, lovely, pleasant, pretty, sweet | plain, ugly, terrible | colourless, grey, pale, pallid, white | flushed, pink, red, ruddy Her face was flushed after her run. | tanned | dark | sallow | heart-shaped, oval, round, square | bearded, freckled, unshaven | lined, wrinkled | pock-marked, raddled | fat, plump She had a plump, pretty face. | gaunt, haggard, lean, pinched, thin, wizened | craggy, rugged a craggy face with deep-set eyes and bushy brows | elfin Her short hair suited her elfin face. | painted | happy, smiling | tear-stained, tear-streaked | human VERB + FACE tilt, turn She turned her face away. He tilted her face up to his. FACE + VERB look, peer, stare A face peered round the door at him. PREP. in the/sb's ~ The ball hit him in the face. His eyes were sunken in his gaunt face. | on the/sb's ~ She put some powder on her face. PHRASES a sea of faces (= a large crowd of faces) From the stage, he looked down at a sea of faces. expression on sb's face ADJ. animated, cheerful, friendly, grinning, happy, radiant, smiling | anxious, frightened, troubled | angry, furious | hard, set, stern His face was set and hard. | grave, serious | long, sad The news for the company isn't good, judging from the long faces in the boardroom. | funny She made a funny face and gave a snorting sort of laugh. | honest, kind | expectant | rapt | expressive, open She looked at the honest, open face of her husband. | blank, expressionless, impassive His face remained impassive, so strong was his self-control. VERB + FACE make, pull What are you pulling a face at now? | search He searched her face for some clue as to what she meant. FACE + VERB brighten, glow, light up Her little face lit up when I gave her the present. | beam, smile The face smiled benignly at him. | cloud, crumple, drop, fall Her face crumpled and she started crying. ‘I can't come,’ she said. His face fell. | clear His face cleared and she smiled back. | darken, harden, set Her face darkened with anger. His face set in grim lines. | soften The father's face softened as he hugged his little boy. | flame, flush, go red, redden Jack's face flushed with embarrassment. | pale Her face paled with fright. | contort, crease, pucker, tighten, twist Her face contorted in pain. | betray sth, reveal sth Her face betrayed no emotion at all. PREP. on sb's ~ She had a big smile on her face. PHRASES a face like thunder (= a very angry face) Mr Hibbs came in with a face like thunder. front part/side of sth ADJ. front, rear | North, South, etc. | steep We slowly climbed the steep face of the crag. | cliff, rock | clock PHRASES face down/downwards, face up/upwards She placed the cards face downwards on the table. person ADJ. familiar, (same) old I looked around for a familiar face. I'm so bored with seeing the same old faces! | different, fresh, new, strange, unfamiliar | famous, well-known a restaurant where you often see famous faces VERB + FACE see particular character/aspect of sth ADJ. human bureaucracy with a human face | acceptable | unacceptable Social deprivation is the unacceptable face of capitalism. | true | changing the changing face of Britain

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

3 general:: noun features: She had a pretty face. verb confront: You will have to face your mistakes.

Simple Definitions

4 general:: face up to sth to accept that a difficult situation exists • She's going to have to face up to the fact that he's not going to marry her.

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs