"face to face" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} face to face (not comparable)
  1. In person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: eyeball to eyeball Translations (in person): ἐνώπιος ἐνωπίῳ (enṓpios enōpíōi) (Ancient Greek), ἀντικρύ (antikrú) (Ancient Greek), وَجْهًا لِوَجْه (wajhan li-wajh) (Arabic), тва́рам да тва́ру (tváram da tváru) (Belarusian), во́ка на во́ка (vóka na vóka) (Belarusian), মুখোমুখি (mukhōmukhi) (Bengali), лице́ в лице́ (licé v licé) (Bulgarian), ڕوو بە ڕوو (rû be rû) (Central Kurdish), 當面 /当面 (dong¹ min⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 當面 /当面 (dāngmiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 面對面 /面对面 (miànduìmiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), tváří v tvář (Czech), ansigt til ansigt (Danish), in het echt (Dutch), oog in oog [literary] (Dutch), kasvokkain (Finnish), kasvotusten (Finnish), henkilökohtaisesti (Finnish), vis-à-vis (French), tête-à-tête (French), face à face (French), პირისპირ (ṗirisṗir) (Georgian), von Angesicht zu Angesicht (German), in echt (German), πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο (prósopo me prósopo) (Greek), διά ζώσης (diá zósis) (Greek), રૂબરૂ (rūbrū) (Gujarati), મોઢામોઢ (moḍhāmoḍh) (Gujarati), פנים אל פנים (paním el paním) (Hebrew), आमने-सामने (āmne-sāmne) (Hindi), सम्मुख (sammukh) (Hindi), रूबरू (rūbrū) (Hindi), személyesen (Hungarian), nazo kontre nazo (Ido), tatap muka (Indonesian), wawanmuka (Indonesian), semuka (Indonesian), facie a facie (Interlingua), aghaidh ar aghaidh (Irish), ли́це в ли́це (líce v líce) (Macedonian), о́чи в о́чи (óči v óči) (Macedonian), bersemuka (Malay), rae ki te rae (Maori), kanohi ki te kanohi (Maori), ansikt til ansikt (Norwegian Bokmål), under fire øyne (Norwegian Bokmål), رو به رو (ru be ru) (Persian), twarzą w twarz (Polish), w cztery oczy (Polish), face a face (Portuguese), cara a cara (Portuguese), pessoalmente (Portuguese), față în față (Romanian), între patru ochi (Romanian), лицо́м к лицу́ (licóm k licú) (Russian), с гла́зу на́ глаз (s glázu ná glaz) (Russian), тет-а-те́т (tɛt-a-tɛ́t) (Russian), aghaidh ri aghaidh (Scottish Gaelic), очи у очи [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), oči u oči [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), tvárou v tvár (Slovak), zoči-voči (Slovak), iz oči v oči (Slovene), frente a frente (Spanish), cara a cara (Spanish), ansikte mot ansikte (Swedish), öga mot öga (Swedish), harapan (Tagalog), ముఖాముఖి (mukhāmukhi) (Telugu), yüz yüze (Turkish), обли́ччям до обли́ччя (oblýččjam do oblýččja) (Ukrainian), віч-на́-віч (vič-ná-vič) (Ukrainian), trực diện (Vietnamese), trực tiếp (Vietnamese)
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  2. (by extension) Closely encountering (a thing or situation). Tags: broadly, not-comparable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: face-to-face Related terms: head to head, tête-à-tête

Alternative forms

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          "word": "रूबरू"
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          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "nazo kontre nazo"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "tatap muka"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "wawanmuka"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "semuka"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "facie a facie"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "aghaidh ar aghaidh"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "rû be rû",
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          "word": "ڕوو بە ڕوو"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "ли́це в ли́це"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "óči v óči",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "о́чи в о́чи"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "bersemuka"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "rae ki te rae"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "kanohi ki te kanohi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "ansikt til ansikt"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "under fire øyne"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "roman": "ru be ru",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "رو به رو"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in person",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "w cztery oczy"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in person",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "cara a cara"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in person",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "față în față"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "între patru ochi"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "roman": "licóm k licú",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "лицо́м к лицу́"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
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          "word": "с гла́зу на́ глаз"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tɛt-a-tɛ́t",
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          "word": "тет-а-те́т"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "word": "aghaidh ri aghaidh"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "in person",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in person",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "tvárou v tvár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "zoči-voči"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "iz oči v oči"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "frente a frente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "cara a cara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "ansikte mot ansikte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "öga mot öga"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "harapan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "mukhāmukhi",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "ముఖాముఖి"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "yüz yüze"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "oblýččjam do oblýččja",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "обли́ччям до обли́ччя"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "віч-на́-віч"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "trực diện"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "in person",
          "word": "trực tiếp"
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          "text": "Finally, there I was, face to face with death.",
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Central Kurdish translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Gujarati translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Interlingua translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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      "roman": "wajhan li-wajh",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "وَجْهًا لِوَجْه"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "тва́рам да тва́ру"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vóka na vóka",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "во́ка на во́ка"
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mukhōmukhi",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "মুখোমুখি"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "licé v licé",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "лице́ в лице́"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "dong¹ min⁶",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "當面 /当面"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dāngmiàn",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "當面 /当面"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miànduìmiàn",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "面對面 /面对面"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "tváří v tvář"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "ansigt til ansigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "in het echt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in person",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "oog in oog"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "kasvokkain"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "kasvotusten"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "henkilökohtaisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "vis-à-vis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "tête-à-tête"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "face à face"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗirisṗir",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "პირისპირ"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "von Angesicht zu Angesicht"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "in echt"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prósopo me prósopo",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diá zósis",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "διά ζώσης"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "enṓpios enōpíōi",
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      "word": "ἐνώπιος ἐνωπίῳ"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "antikrú",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "ἀντικρύ"
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      "code": "gu",
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      "word": "રૂબરૂ"
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      "code": "gu",
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      "roman": "moḍhāmoḍh",
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      "word": "મોઢામોઢ"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "paním el paním",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "פנים אל פנים"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "āmne-sāmne",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "आमने-सामने"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sammukh",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "सम्मुख"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rūbrū",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "रूबरू"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "személyesen"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "nazo kontre nazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "tatap muka"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "wawanmuka"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "semuka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "facie a facie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "aghaidh ar aghaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "rû be rû",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "ڕوو بە ڕوو"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "líce v líce",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "ли́це в ли́це"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óči v óči",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "о́чи в о́чи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "bersemuka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "rae ki te rae"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "kanohi ki te kanohi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "ansikt til ansikt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "under fire øyne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ru be ru",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "رو به رو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "twarzą w twarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "w cztery oczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "face a face"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "cara a cara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "pessoalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "față în față"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "între patru ochi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "licóm k licú",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "лицо́м к лицу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "s glázu ná glaz",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "с гла́зу на́ глаз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tɛt-a-tɛ́t",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "тет-а-те́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "aghaidh ri aghaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in person",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "очи у очи"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in person",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "oči u oči"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "tvárou v tvár"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "zoči-voči"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "iz oči v oči"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "frente a frente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "cara a cara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "ansikte mot ansikte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "öga mot öga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "harapan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mukhāmukhi",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "ముఖాముఖి"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "yüz yüze"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oblýččjam do oblýččja",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "обли́ччям до обли́ччя"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vič-ná-vič",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "віч-на́-віч"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "trực diện"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in person",
      "word": "trực tiếp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "face to face"
}

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