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101 save one's face
(to avoid appearing stupid or wrong: I refuse to accept the reponsibility for that error just to save your face - it's your fault.) sauver la face -
102 full-face
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103 full-face(d)
Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > full-face(d)
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104 double face nailing
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > double face nailing
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105 fair face
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > fair face
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106 seam-face
parement à face plane m, parement brut m, parement en pierres brutes naturelles m, parement en pierres naturelles mDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > seam-face
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107 about-face US
revirement; volte-face; changement d'avis/de capEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > about-face US
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108 to face
affronter; se trouver confronté à; faire face àEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to face
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109 to face facts
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to face facts
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110 to face up to
affronter; faire front/faire face aEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to face up to
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111 to face up to adversity
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to face up to adversity
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112 to save face
Pol. sauver la faceEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to save face
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113 to suffer a loss of face
subir un affront/une humiliation; perdre la faceEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to suffer a loss of face
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114 about-face
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115 full-face
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116 at face value
(as being as valuable etc as it appears: You must take this offer at face value.) au pied de la lettre -
117 fly in the face of
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118 in the face of
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119 make/pull a face
(to twist one's face into a strange expression: She pulled faces at the baby to make it laugh.) faire des grimaces -
120 on the face of it
(as it appears at first glance, usually deceptively: On the face of it, the problem was easy.) à première vue
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