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Face Verb Difficult Sth  /Feɪs   Transitive Yüzünü Dönmek

Level B1 
Kind verb
Front face 
IPA  /feɪs   / verb [transitive]
Back yüzünü dönmek, yönüne bakmak
yüzleşmek, yüz yüze gelmek,,
karşılaşmak, göze almak

Back 2

face (verb)

 /feɪs   / verb [transitive]
 
1 to have your face or front pointing towards sb/sth or in a particular direction
yüzünü dönmek, yönüne bakmak
 The garden faces south.
 Can you all face the front, please?
 Turn round and face the camera.
 2 to need attention or action from sb
ilgisini beklemek, karşısında durmak
 There are several problems facing the government.
 We are faced with (karşı karşıya kaldık) a difficult decision.
 3 to have to deal with sth unpleasant; to deal with sb in a difficult situation
yüzleşmek, yüz yüze gelmek, karşılaşmak;
göze almak;
bakacak yüzü olmak
 They faced a lot of problems when they moved house.
 I can't face another argument.
 He couldn't face going to work yesterday – he felt too ill.
 I didn't know how to face my mother after I'd crashed her car.
IDIOM
let's face it
(informal)
we must accept it as true
gerçekçi olalım ki, kabul etmeliyiz ki
 Let's face it, we can't afford a holiday this year.
PHRASAL VERB
face up to sth
to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation and do sth about it
kabullenmek
 She had to face up to the fact that she was wrong.
 

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