NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases part 23. The small but very concise NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases offers 6,000 basic and common English words plus 6,000 basic and common English idioms and phrases. You will find this portable title essential in the classroom, at home, or traveling, when you need help to recall word and phrase meanings. | F Go to Fahrenheit. fable fe b@l 1. n. a story that teaches a lesson often using animals as the characters of the story. 2. n. a lie a story about an event that did not really happen. fabric fAb rik n. material or cloth made by weaving threads together. Plural only for types and instances. fabricate fAb ri ket 1. tv. to build something. 2. tv. to make up a story or a lie to invent an excuse. Figurative on Q. face fes 1. n. the front part of the head from the hair to the chin. 2. n. a look an expression the way someone s Q looks. 3. n. the front part or surface of something. 4. tv. to look at someone or something or toward a particular direction. 5. tv. to deal with someone or something. 6. tv. to cover the front part of something or the edges of something with a decoration. as plain as the nose on one s FACE can t see one s hand in front of one s face CUT OFF one s NOSE TO SPITE ONE S FACE FALL FLAT ON ONE S FACE FLY IN THE FACE OF SOMEONE OR SOME- THING HAVE EGG ON ONE S FACE KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE LOSE FACE MAKE A FACE NOT SHOW ONE S FACE PUT ON A BRAVE FACE SLAP IN THE FACE STARE SOMEONE IN THE FACE TAKE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING AT FACE VALUE TALK UNTIL ONE IS BLUE IN THE FACE TELL ONE TO ONE S FACE face off 1. to begin a hockey game with two players facing one another. 2. to prepare for a confrontation. face someone down to make a face-to-face stand with someone who eventually backs down. face the music to receive punishment to accept the unpleasant results of one s actions. face toward someone or something to look toward someone or something or toward a particular direction to be directed toward a particular direction. face up to someone or something to confront with courage someone or something representing a threat or an unpleasantness. facilities n. a bathroom a restroom. Euphemistic. Treated as plural but not countable. facility f@ sil @ ti n. something especially a building or equipment built provided or established for a specific purpose a building or site .
