Examples
“Feuerstein's gaze wandered from face to face among the young women, to pause at last upon a dark, handsome, strong-looking daughter of the people.”
“As he reached the door, he came face to face with Tom Jack.”
“Aunt Florence, hearing of this, took an interest in young Cliff, explaining to his reluctant parents that they were face to face with The Artistic Temperament.”
“He turned around and found himself face to face with Grouchy, who was holding a rapier.”
“MzMisery: not for the version of you that suddenly is too scared to talk to me face to face davidgould101: no no!”
“And the realization of this fact brought her recurringly face to face with the temptation to use the legacy in establishing her business.”
“One backward glimpse I had of Joe, rearing gigantic and bellowing as the mob fell back before his pistol, and then I was face to face with a wizened black granny flourishing a skillet, a kitchen in uproar, and my little waiter on his knees crying: "'Twon't be but a moment, mister, honest!”
“As a seeker of such treasure myself, I delved further and found myself face to face with June Osborne, an art historian who lives in the English seaside town of Rye.”
“Chance, once again, brought us face to face at the door of the Théâtre-Français, where we were both waiting in line.”
“The difference between a Grande and a Venti seems vague when you are face to face with the barista.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘face to face’.
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Guide to the Perplexed
Lexicon of terms set forth in Maimonides 'Guide to the Perplexed'. A fascinating exercise in theosophy and translation if one substitutes these definitions for a "revised" reading of the Old Testa...
eye, apprehend, associations, air, ruah : or ruhoth,..., affection, attribute, approach, accidents, ascending, articulated, back and 119 more...
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Public List: Body Metaphors
Phrases that use body parts metaphorically.
neck of the woods, bone of contention, mouth of a river, teeth of the storm, heart of the matter, foot of the bed, eye of the storm, dogleg hole, finger lakes, headwaters, foothills, knik arm and 212 more...
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
Laban, circumcise, beget, Esau, Rebekah, speckle, Sodom, Pharaoh, Canaanite, Canaan, Jacob, Lot and 1286 more...
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Word for word
word for word, time after time, eye to eye, all in all, person to person, through and through, end over end, hand to hand, little by little, by and by, one by one, frame by frame and 124 more...
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Nigerian English
This list was inspired by this article. Any Nigerians out there care to add to it?
chop house, felicitate, jubilate, cutlass, waterloo, tout, urchin, gripe water, vulcanizer, miscreant, can of worms, sorry-o and 121 more...
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About Face
face, about face, about-face, facet, faced, face card, face value, face facts, facetious, Janus-faced, Boniface, volte-face and 70 more...
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National Library Agenda Summit
nla2006, summit, agenda, library, ala, diversity, education, learning, continuous, scan, environmental, plan and 646 more...
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bilby Nigerian English - rooms rented to families which all open onto a long corridor. Sep 17, 2008