en face
Britishadjective
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facing forwards
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opposite; facing
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The National Library is not many yards distant from my hotel, and a few yards from that en face is the Grand Opera house or Académie Royale de Musique.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
We found ourselves in an immense couer, with the castle en face, and stables and offices on each side.
From Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas by Catherine Crowe
Renan was quite wrong in that great sentence of his: 'Il ne faut rien dire de limitée en face de l'infini.'
From Great Possessions by Mrs. Wilfrid Ward
We met the great man en face, and he stopped, and gave us a cordial recognition.
From Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca
This correspondence will be found in L'Église Romaine en face de la Révolution, by Crétineau Joly, who published it from the documents seized by the Pontifical Government at the death of one of the members.
From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta H. Webster
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