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1 face
s cara, rostre, semblant | expressió, gest, ganyota | barra, atreviment | pretigi, aparença | superfície, façana | esfera (rellotge)v estar de cara, posar-se de cara, donar a, mirar cap | enfrontar, afrontar, fer front | CONSTR i TECNOL revestir, folrar ( with amb) | estar encarat cap ain the face of malgrat, davant de, en presència deto go about with a long face fer cara llargato make faces fer ganyotesto have the face to tenir la barra deto lose face perdre prestigito save face salvar les aparenceson the face of it a primera vista, segons les aparencesto face up to reconèixer, acceptar -
2 mess
s confusió, desordre, brutícia | embolic, enrenou | menjador d'oficialsv desarreglar, desendreçar, embrutar | desbaratar, fer malbémake a mess of desordenar, enredar, embrutarset into a mess ficar-se en un embolic, embolicar-semess about empipar | perdre el temps, fer el ximple
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