face to face

en personne, face à face

En étant au même endroit que l’autre personne pour la rencontrer directement.

En anglais simple : With another person physically present, rather than by phone or online.

• We talked face to face.
• I met my online friend face to face yesterday.
• Can we discuss this face to face tomorrow?

Synonymes : in person

Expressions courantes : meet face to face, talk face to face, face to face meetings

face à face

En se trouvant directement confronté à quelque chose de difficile, dangereux ou surprenant.

En anglais simple : Directly experiencing something difficult, dangerous, or surprising.

• We came face to face with danger.
• The report brought him face to face with the truth.
• She suddenly found herself face to face with her greatest fear.

Comment l'utiliser : face to face with something (The accident brought her face to face with death.)

Synonymes : directly

Expressions courantes : face to face with, come face to face