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1 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.) redde/bevare ansikt -
2 face
feis 1. noun1) (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) ansikt2) (a surface especially the front surface: a rock face.) overflate, forside3) (in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done: a coal face.) stuss, stuff2. verb1) (to be opposite to: My house faces the park.) vende (ut) mot, stå like overfor2) (to turn, stand etc in the direction of: She faced him across the desk.) snu/vende seg mot, stå med fronten mot3) (to meet or accept boldly: to face one's fate.) avfinne seg med, akseptere konsekvensene av•- - 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 faceansikt--------blikk--------fjes--------geip--------grimaseIsubst. \/feɪs\/1) ansikt, fjes2) ansiktsuttrykk, oppsyn, mine, grimase, utseende3) prestisje4) (over)flate5) forside, fremside, fasade (på bygning)6) avers (på mynt e.l.), medalje7) rettside, utside, overside, ytterside8) urskive, tallskive9) landskapsform, terreng, topografi10) bane (på hammer eller ambolt)11) egg (på kniv e.l.)13) ( gruvedrift) bruddsted15) ( på stein eller klippe) side16) ( tannlegefag) tyggeflate17) ( militærvesen) front (av formasjon)face to face ansikt til ansiktfall (flat) on one's face ( også overført) falle pladask, falle rett i bakken, mislykkes totalt, gå på trynetfly in the face of gå rakt på, rase rett imot ( overført) trosse, sette seg opp motfull face forfraget face (amer., slang) oppnå respekt, status, få anerkjennelseget out of someone's face slutte å irritere noen, slutte å plage noenhave the face to være frekk nok tilher\/his face is her\/his fortune hun\/han lever på sitt utseendein somebody's face rett (opp) i ansiktet\/fjeset på noenlike for nesen på noenin (the) face of (stilt) overfor, ansikt til ansikt medpå tross av, til tross forkeep a straight \/serious face holde maskenlie on one's face ligge på magenlong face lang i ansiktet, lang i maskenlook somebody in the face se noen rett i øynenelose face miste ansikt, tape ansiktmake\/pull a face skjære ansikter, skjære grimasermake a long face bli lang i maskenmake\/pull faces (at) gjøre grimaser (til)off his\/her face støvle full, helt kanonpull a face gjøre grimaserpull a long face bli lang ansiktetput a bold\/brave face on it gjøre gode miner til slett spillput the best face one can on it holde masken så godt man kan fremstille saken som man best kansave (one's) face redde skinnet, redde sitt eget skinnset one's face against sette seg tvert imotshow one's face vise seg, stikke hodet innshut your face! ( slang) hold kjeft!tell something to someone's face si noe rett opp i ansiktet til noenthat puts a new face on the matter det forandrer saken, det setter saken i et nytt lysto somebody's face rett (opp) i ansiktet på noen, åpent, slik at noen ser\/hører detwipe one's face tørke seg i ansiktetwipe something off the face of the earth eller wipe something off the map utslette noe (fullstendig)IIverb \/feɪs\/1) vende ansiktet mot, vende fronten mot, stå\/være vendt (ut) mot, se mot, ha forsiden mot, ligge motvende seg mot noen\/vende ansiktet mot noen• in which direction does the house face?2) ( også overført) stå overfor, møte, stå foran, stå ansikt til ansikt med3) møte (modig), trosse, se i øynene, gjøre front mot• face dangers\/the enemy• let's face it - he is...vi må erkjenne at han... \/ man kan ikke komme fra at han...4) legge med billedsiden opp (spillekort, brev e.l.)5) ( tekstilfag) forsyne med slag, besette, kante6) forsterke, sko, fôre7) kle, belegge8) ( bygg) forblende, fôre9) ( mekanikk) overflatebehandle, sletthøvle, jevne, avrette (en flate), planere, skjerpe (om stein)10) farge, tilsette fargestoff (om te)11) ( militærvesen) la gjøre front mot, la foreta en vendingabout face! helt om!• right\/left about face!(helt) høyre\/venstre om!be faced by bli møtt avbe faced with stå\/være stilt overfor, ha utsikt til, ha foran segface about\/round snu seg helt rundtface down konfrontere tvinge i senk, kue, undertrykkeface it out stå på, ikke gi segface on to ha utsikt overface out klare, få bukt medface the consequences ta konsekvenseneface the music bli konfrontert med de ubehagelige konsekvensene av sine handlingerface towards ha blikket rettet mot, se motface up to møte (modig), se i øynene ta stilling til, ta tak i• face up to the fact that...bøye seg for, forsone seg med, stå for
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