FACING

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Traducere în limba română

facing s.

1. îmbrăcare, acoperire; căptuşire, făţuire; împodobire, garnisire, gătire.

2. strunjire.

3. plural şevron, tresă, galon (colorat); dungă, vipuşcă;

4. plural (mar.) rondouri, viraje (ale vasului).

5. întoarcere (la dreapta, la stânga).

◊ to put smb. through his facings a verifica cunoştinţele cuiva, a vedea ce poate, a vedea ce-i poate capul.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

They are typically located on the crater floor or along a section of the crater wall facing toward the pole.

(Dawn Maps Ceres Craters Where Ice Can Accumulate, NASA)

The star-facing side, or dayside, is about 1,410 degrees Fahrenheit (770 degrees Celsius).

(A Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface, NASA)

He halted with a laugh, and turned, facing them.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

‘High red house with white stone facings.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the side facing me, however, the plateau presented a very different aspect.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The woman sat on the grub- box, facing him.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

“This gentleman?” she asked, facing round to me.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By this time he had swung fully around and was facing me.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

His room was on the second floor, at the farther end of the building, facing the same way as Lord Saltire’s.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Supporting this conclusion, the researchers found that the pole-facing slopes of these craters are slightly shallower than their equator-facing slopes, and that the shallowing is more significant in regions that promote ice stability because of Mercury’s orbit around the Sun.

(The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits, NASA)

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