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The severity of the issues facing our universities requires that the two orders of government work cooperatively in addressing the concerns that we have raised here today.
La gravité des problèmes que celles-ci éprouvent exige que les deux ordres de gouvernement se concertent pour les dégager des préoccupations que nous venons d’évoquer.
©Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. 1996 - 2009.
'Dominus vobiscum,' said he, turning round and facing the cold white church.
- Dominus vobiscum, dit-il en se tournant, le regard noyé, en face des blancheurs froides de l'église.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
At last Pierre raised his eyes to the Vatican, but facing the piazza there was here merely a confused jumble of walls, amidst which only two gleams of light appeared on the floor of the papal apartments.
Pierre leva les yeux sur le Vatican. Mais il n’y avait là qu’un entassement de façades confuses, où ne luisaient que deux petites lueurs de lampe, à l’étage des appartements du pape.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Many a time when facing a huge ox, who fixed his mournful eyes on her for hours together, she had anxiously sought to ascertain what the poor creature that was looking at her so sadly, wanted.
Bien des fois, en face d’un grand bœuf qui arrêtait, des heures entières, ses yeux mornes sur elle, elle avait cherché avec angoisse ce que pouvait désirer la pauvre créature qui la regardait si tristement.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
"We are very aware of the fiscal realities facing all governments. In our proposals, every dollar invested by the federal government will leverage additional dollars from other sources."
« Nous reconnaissons la difficile réalité fiscale qui est celle de tous les gouvernements, mais selon notre plan, chaque dollar fédéral investi entraînera les autres partenaires à consentir un investissement de contrepartie équivalent. »
©Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. 1996 - 2009.
These practices have contributed to the unprecedented surge in the published body of knowledge, which is one of the keystones of the looming crisis facing university libraries.
Ces pratiques ont contribué à faire grossir, d'une manière encore jamais vue, la masse des connaissances publiées, une des pierres angulaires de la crise imminente qui se profile à l'horizon des bibliothèques universitaires.
©Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. 1996 - 2009.
Citing the arrival of strong enemy reinforcements facing and flanking Army Group Centre, Hitler now, on 30 July, cancelled the Supplement to Directive No.33.
Invoquant l'arrivée de puissants renforts ennemis face au groupe centre et sur ses flancs, Hitler se décida le 30 juillet à annuler le supplément à la directive n° 33.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 2000.
© Flammarion, 2000, pour la traduction franсaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1936-1945 Nemesis
Kershaw, Ian
© 2000 by Ian Kershaw
The challenges you are facing serve to highlight the fact that implementing the fourth leg of the OECD policy consensus is not easy.
Les difficultés auxquelles vous devez faire face montrent bien qu'il n'est pas aisé de mettre en pratique le quatrième principe du consensus au sujet de la politique économique qui s'est dégagé au sein de l'OCDE.
© 1995 - 2010, Bank of Canada
China is the biggest supplier of peanuts into the EU; the application of such a standard for cadmium in peanuts would lead to the EU facing serious shortages and increased prices.
La Chine est le plus grand fournisseur d'arachides vers l'UE : la mise en oeuvre d'une telle norme pour le cadmium dans les arachides aboutirait à des pénuries graves et des hausses de prix.
© FAO, 2011
© FAO, 2011
The difficulty facing the federal Crown, however, is that administration of justice is an exclusive provincial head of power. . . .
La difficulté pour le fédéral tient à ce que l'administration de la justice est un domaine de compétence exclusivement provincial ...
Head orientation facing the target (chin & nose pointed towards the target),
La tête en direction de la cible (le menton et le nez pointés vers la cible).
© FITA
www.archery.org 18.08.2011
© FITA
www.archery.org 18.08.2011
Tajikistan is a low-income country and is facing particularly critical economic, social and political circumstances.
Le Tadjikistan est un pays à bas revenu confronté à une situation économique, sociale et politique particulièrement critique.
Even on the landing, where was the entrance to Donna Serafina's apartments, facing those occupied by her niece, nothing indicated that a reception was being held that evening.
Même sur le palier, où s’ouvrait la porte de l’appartement de donna Serafina, en face de celle qui conduisait chez sa nièce, rien n’indiquait qu’il pût y avoir réception, ce soir-là.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Fact sheets on challenges facing Canadian universities:
Fiches d'information sur les enjeux auxquels les universités canadiennes sont confrontées
©Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. 1996 - 2009.
both arms are bent with the palms facing upwards, and the forearms make slow movements towards the body
Les deux bras pliés, les paumes des mains vers l'intérieur, les avant-bras font des mouvements lents vers le corps

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Collocations

clutch-facing
garniture d'embrayage
Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty
Garanties pour la protection des droits des personnes passibles de la peine de mort
rock face
paroi rocheuse
face amount
valeur nominale
inner face
face intérieure
outer face
face extérieure
red-faced
rougeaud
face shield
écran de protection du visage
bold face
caractères gras
face mask
masque
closed racket face
raquette fermée
face mask
masque facial
target face
blason
side face
face latérale
wash face
débarbouiller

Word forms

face

verb
Basic forms
Pastfaced
Imperativeface
Present Participle (Participle I)facing
Past Participle (Participle II)faced
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I facewe face
you faceyou face
he/she/it facesthey face
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am facingwe are facing
you are facingyou are facing
he/she/it is facingthey are facing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have facedwe have faced
you have facedyou have faced
he/she/it has facedthey have faced
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been facingwe have been facing
you have been facingyou have been facing
he/she/it has been facingthey have been facing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I facedwe faced
you facedyou faced
he/she/it facedthey faced
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was facingwe were facing
you were facingyou were facing
he/she/it was facingthey were facing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had facedwe had faced
you had facedyou had faced
he/she/it had facedthey had faced
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been facingwe had been facing
you had been facingyou had been facing
he/she/it had been facingthey had been facing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will facewe shall/will face
you will faceyou will face
he/she/it will facethey will face
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be facingwe shall/will be facing
you will be facingyou will be facing
he/she/it will be facingthey will be facing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have facedwe shall/will have faced
you will have facedyou will have faced
he/she/it will have facedthey will have faced
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been facingwe shall/will have been facing
you will have been facingyou will have been facing
he/she/it will have been facingthey will have been facing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would facewe should/would face
you would faceyou would face
he/she/it would facethey would face
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be facingwe should/would be facing
you would be facingyou would be facing
he/she/it would be facingthey would be facing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have facedwe should/would have faced
you would have facedyou would have faced
he/she/it would have facedthey would have faced
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been facingwe should/would have been facing
you would have been facingyou would have been facing
he/she/it would have been facingthey would have been facing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am facedwe are faced
you are facedyou are faced
he/she/it is facedthey are faced
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being facedwe are being faced
you are being facedyou are being faced
he/she/it is being facedthey are being faced
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been facedwe have been faced
you have been facedyou have been faced
he/she/it has been facedthey have been faced
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was facedwe were faced
you were facedyou were faced
he/she/it was facedthey were faced
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being facedwe were being faced
you were being facedyou were being faced
he/she/it was being facedthey were being faced
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been facedwe had been faced
you had been facedyou had been faced
he/she/it had been facedthey had been faced
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be facedwe shall/will be faced
you will be facedyou will be faced
he/she/it will be facedthey will be faced
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been facedwe shall/will have been faced
you will have been facedyou will have been faced
he/she/it will have been facedthey will have been faced

facing

noun
SingularPlural
Common casefacingfacings
Possessive casefacing'sfacings'