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  • 51The Face of Trespass — infobox Book name = The Face of Trespass title orig = translator = image caption = 1975 Arrow paperback edition cover author = Ruth Rendell cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Crime/Mystery novel publisher …

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  • 52The Face of Australia — Schools Spectacular 2005 was a performance on the 25th and 26th of November 2005 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.Dubbed The Face of Australia , Schools Spectacular 2005 celebrated the Australian history, landscape, goal and lifestyle. A… …

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  • 53in the face of — {adv. phr.} 1. When met or in the presence of; threatened by. * /He was brave in the face of danger./ * /She began to cry in the face of failure./ 2. Although opposed by; without being stopped by. * /Talking continued even in the face of the… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 54in the face of — {adv. phr.} 1. When met or in the presence of; threatened by. * /He was brave in the face of danger./ * /She began to cry in the face of failure./ 2. Although opposed by; without being stopped by. * /Talking continued even in the face of the… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 55on the face of it — {adv. phr.} Apparently; as it seems. * /On the face of it, Joe s claim that he can swim five miles is true./ * /His statement that he is a millionaire is, on the face of it, false./ …

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  • 56on the face of it — {adv. phr.} Apparently; as it seems. * /On the face of it, Joe s claim that he can swim five miles is true./ * /His statement that he is a millionaire is, on the face of it, false./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 57To the face — To To (?, emphatic or alone, ?, obscure or unemphatic), prep. [AS. t[=o]; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=o], D. toe, G. zu, OHG. zuo, zua, z[=o], Russ. do, Ir. & Gael. do, OL. do, du, as in endo, indu, in, Gr. ?, as in ? homeward. [root]200. Cf. {Too} …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 58in the face — See: BLUE IN THE FACE, LOOK IN THE EYE or LOOK IN THE FACE, SLAP IN THE FACE, STARE IN THE FACE …

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  • 59in the face — See: BLUE IN THE FACE, LOOK IN THE EYE or LOOK IN THE FACE, SLAP IN THE FACE, STARE IN THE FACE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 60in the face of — also in face of phrasal face to face with ; despite < fearless in the face of danger > …

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