en face

/ ɑ̃ fas /

adjective

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One says: That you have been painted en face is the result of more extended study of your physiognomy.

"Mais, monsieur, le monsieur en face m'a dit que monsieur a reu des faux-cols que monsieur——" Confound the collars!

The human form appears almost exclusively (much schematized) en face.

Renan was quite wrong in that great sentence of his: 'Il ne faut rien dire de limitée en face de l'infini.'

No, Elf, I will sit here; I will not be en face to that row of tables.

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