face
1.face用作“面子”解是抽象名词，如loss of face（失面子、丢脸）和He lost (his) face as a result of a piece of double-dealing。
2.注意下面各句里的face前面都没有a, the, his等词：
- He came back with face clouded.
- He came back with smiling face.
- He came back with dejected face.
- He has aged in face.
- Every one of them is known by face.
- He was lying face downwards.
第一句里face前面可以加上his。第二句和第三句里smiling和dejected前面可以加上a。
3.“面向南”有几种不同的说法。例如：
- The house faces south.
- The house faces the south.
- The house faces to the south.
- The house faces on the south.
- The house faces southwards.
4.face the difficulty是“面对困难”，be faced with the difficulty是“遇到困难”。
5.face up to the difficulty=face the difficulty，但比较不普通。
6.in face of和in the face of相同，在英国通常不用the。in (the) face of the known facts是“面临着这些已知的事实”，“面临”是譬喻。in (the) face of the lake是“面临着湖”，“面临”是直解。第二种用法只用在英国。
