At the foot of the stairs she turned to face him.

她在楼梯底转过身来面对着他。

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She whirled around to face him.

她猛地转过身子面对着他。

《牛津词典》

Now she would have to face him, and not hide behind her mother.

这次她必须要面对他，没法躲在母亲身后了。

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The expression probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face-to-face.

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I was happy because I had at last found a way to throw my criticism of him into his face.

这让我很开心,因为终于找到对抗他的方法了。

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By no means But let's face it. In order to kill you, I'd have to earn the privilege by knocking him back.

不要这样,让我们看看这种情况,为了杀你,我要通过击退他来赢得主动权

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Certainly the more you get to face him the more comfortable you feel with it.

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Things could not get any worse, so I resolved to face him down.

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Henry ran onto the ball and deftly chipped it over Gruenebaum when the goaltender came out to face him one-on-one.

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