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1 appearance
appearance [ə'pɪərəns](a) (act of appearing) apparition f;∎ with the appearance of fast-food restaurants avec l'apparition ou l'arrivée des fast-foods;∎ the antibiotics help guard against the appearance of further infections les antibiotiques contribuent à éviter l'apparition de nouvelles infections;∎ she made a brief appearance at the party elle a fait une brève apparition à la fête;∎ the president made a personal appearance le président est apparu en personne;∎ to put in an appearance passer; (as token gesture) faire acte de présence(b) (advent) avènement m; Commerce (of new product) mise f sur le marché; (of book, newspaper) parution f∎ to make an appearance before a court or a judge comparaître devant un tribunal∎ this was her first appearance on the stage c'était sa première apparition sur scène;∎ she's made a number of television appearances elle est passée plusieurs fois à la télévision;∎ offers have flooded in since her television appearance les propositions ont afflué depuis son passage à la télévision;∎ in order of appearance par ordre d'entrée en scène(e) (outward aspect) apparence f, aspect m;∎ from his appearance one would say… à son air ou son extérieur on dirait…;∎ to have a good appearance (person) présenter bien;∎ I tried to give the appearance that I cared j'ai essayé de donner l'impression que ça ne m'était pas indifférent;∎ it has all the appearances of being a first-class show si l'on en juge par les apparences, ce devrait être un spectacle de premier ordre;∎ to or by all appearances selon toute apparence;∎ contrary to all appearances, against all appearances contrairement à toute apparence;∎ appearances can be deceptive les apparences sont parfois trompeuses;∎ don't judge by appearances ne vous fiez pas aux apparences, il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences;∎ to keep up appearances sauver les apparences;∎ for appearances' sake pour la forme -
2 face
A n1 Anat, gen ( of person) visage m, figure f ; ( of animal) face f ; to have an honest face avoir un visage franc ; to have ink on one's face avoir de l'encre sur le visage ; he punched me in the face il m'a donné un coup de poing au visage ; to spit in sb's face cracher à la figure de qn ; to slam the door in sb's face claquer la porte au nez de qn ; to laugh in sb's face rire au nez de qn ; I know that face! je connais cette tête-là! ; to look sb in the face lit, fig regarder qn en face ; I told him to his face that he was lazy je lui ai dit en face qu'il était paresseux ; I dare not show my face fig j'ai peur de me montrer ; don't you dare show your face in here again! et que je ne vous revoie plus! ; to be face up/down [person] être sur le dos/ventre ; to put one's face on ○ hum se maquiller ;2 ( expression) air m ; the smug face of the interviewer l'air suffisant de l'interviewer ; she looked at me with a puzzled face elle m'a regardé d'un air perplexe ; a long face un air triste ; to pull ou make a face faire la grimace ; I can't wait to see his face when you tell him! j'ai hâte de voir la tête qu'il va faire quand tu lui diras ○ ! ; you should have seen their faces! tu aurais vu la tête qu'ils ont fait ○ ! ;3 fig ( outward appearance) to change the face of changer le visage de [industry, countryside] ; the changing face of education/Europe la face changeante de l'éducation/l'Europe ; the ugly face of the regime l'aspect monstrueux du régime ; the acceptable face of capitalism le bon côté du capitalisme ; on the face of it, it sounds easy à première vue or au premier abord, ça paraît facile ;4 ( dignity) to lose face perdre la face ; to save face sauver la face ; to avoid a loss of face he lied pour ne pas perdre la face il a menti ;5 ○ GB ( nerve) culot ○ m, audace f ; they had the face to ask for more money! ils ont eu le culot ○ de redemander de l'argent! ;7 ( surface) (of gem, dice) face f ; ( of coin) côté m ; ( of planet) surface f ; the largest island on the face of the earth ou globe la plus grande île du monde ; to disappear ou vanish off the face of the earth ○ [person, keys] disparaître de la circulation ; the hidden face of the moon la face cachée de la lune ;9 ( printed surface) ( of playing card) face f ; ( of document) recto m ; face up/down à l'endroit/l'envers ;10 Print œil m.1 ( despite) en dépit de [overwhelming odds] ;2 ( in confrontation with) face à, devant [opposition, enemy, danger].C vtr1 ( look towards) [person] faire face à [person, audience] ; [building, room] donner sur [park, beach] ; to face north/south [person] regarder au nord/sud ; [building] être orienté au nord/sud ; he turned to face the door/class il se retourna vers la porte/la classe ; she stood facing the class elle était debout face à la classe ; facing me/our house, there is… en face de moi/de notre maison, il y a… ; a seat facing the engine un siège dans le sens de la marche ; face the front! regarde devant toi! ;2 ( confront) se trouver face à [challenge, crisis] ; se voir contraint de payer [fine] ; se trouver menacé de [defeat, redundancy, ruin] ; être contraint de faire [choice] ; être contraint de prendre [decision] ; affronter [attacker] ; se retrouver face à [rival, team] ; to be faced with se trouver confronté à [problem, decision] ; faced with such a hard decision, I panicked face à une décision aussi difficile, j'ai paniqué ; to be faced with the task of doing devoir faire qch ; faced with the prospect of having to resign/move house devant la perspective d'avoir à démissionner/déménager ; to face sb with confronter qn à [truth, evidence] ; he faces 18 months in prison il va devoir faire 18 mois de prison ; I'm facing the prospect of being unemployed je vais me retrouver au chômage ; the president has agreed to face the press/cameras le président a accepté de faire face à la Presse/aux caméras ;3 ( acknowledge) face the facts, you're finished! regarde la réalité en face, tu es fini! ; let's face it, nobody's perfect admettons-le, personne n'est parfait ;4 ( tolerate prospect) I can't face doing je n'ai pas le courage de faire ; I can't face him je n'ai pas le courage de le voir ; he couldn't face the thought of walking/eating l'idée de marcher/manger lui était insupportable ; I don't think I can face another curry tonight l'idée de remanger du curry ce soir me rend malade ;5 ( run the risk of) risquer [fine, suspension] ; you face spending 20 years in jail vous risquez vingt ans de prison ;6 Sewing ( reinforce) mettre des parements à [armhole] ; ( trim) mettre des revers à [cuff, jacket] ;7 Constr revêtir [façade, wall] (with de) ;D vi1 to face towards [person] regarder [camera, audience] ; [chair] être tourné vers [fire] ; [window, house] donner sur [street, garden] ; to face forward regarder devant soi ; to face backwards [person] tourner le dos ; to be facing forward/backwards [person] être de face/de dos ; to be facing up/down [card, exam paper] être à l'envers/à l'endroit ;in your face ○ ! US bien fait pour toi! ; to feed ou fill ou stuff one's face ○ s'empiffrer ○ (with de) ; to set one's face against sth s'élever contre qch.■ face down US:▶ face [sb] down intimider.■ face out:▶ face [sb] out tenir tête à [opponent, critic] ;▶ face [sth] out faire front à [criticism].■ face up:▶ face up to [sth] faire face à [problem, responsibilities, fears] ;▶ face up to [sb] affronter.
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