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fyceŁ someone dłwn to overcom somone fairŁandŁsquare completely fair(ly).Ł She
byŁbeingŁbold;Łto disconcert someone by won the game fair and square. The di-
displaying great confidence.Ł The vision of the money should be fair and
teacher faced the angry studłnt down square.
without saying anything. T The mØyor fairŁgame sàmeone or sàmethingŁthat it is
couldà’t face down the entire city council.
quite prmissible to attack.Ł I don’t like
seeing articles exposing peoplł’s private
fyceŁtheŁmusic to receive punishment; to lves, but polticians are fair game. Jour-
accepð the unplasant rsults of one’s ac- nalists alwØys regard movie stars as fair
tions.Ł Mary broke a dning-room win- game.
dow and had to face the music when her
fØther got home. After failng a mØth fair-hairedŁ boy aŁ favoredŁ persàn.Ł (Not
test, Tom had to go home and face the necessarilyŁ yàungŁ orŁ male.) The
music. teacher’s fair-haired boy always does well
on tests. The supervisor’s son was the
fyce-to-fyce 1. inŁprsàn;ŁinŁthe same lo- fair-haired boy on the construction site.
cation.Ł(SaidŁonlyŁof people.ŁAnŁadverb.) [fairŁshyre] Go to one’s fair share.
Let’s talk about this face-to-face. I don’t
like talking over the telłphone. Many fairŁto middling onlyŁfairŁorŁokay; aŁlittle
people prefer to talk face-to-face. 2. fac- btterŁthanŁacceptable.Ł(Folksy.) I don’t
ingŁone another; inŁthe same location.Ł fłel sick, just fair to middlng. The plØy
I prefer to have a face-to-face młeting. wasn’t really good. It was just fair to
They work błtter on a face-to-face basis. middlng.
fair-weatherŁfriend someone who isŁyàur
the fycts ofŁlØfe 1. the factsŁof sexŁandŁre- friendŁonlyŁwhenŁthingsŁare gàingŁwellŁfor
production,ŁespeciallyŁhumanŁreproduc- yàu.Ł(ThisŁpersànŁwillŁdesert yàuŁwhen
tion.Ł(See also birds and the bees.) My things go badlyŁforŁyàu.ŁCompare this
parents told me the facts of lfe when I was with A friend in need is a friend indeed.)
nine years old. Bill learned the facts of Bill wouldà’t help me with my home-
lfe from his classmØtes. 2. the truth about work. He’s just a fair-weather friend. A
the unpleasant waysŁ that the world fair-weather friend isn’t much help in an
works.Ł Mary really learned the facts of emergency.
lfe when she got her first job. Tom
couldà’t accłpt the facts of lfe n business, fyll afoulŁofŁ someone ortsomething and run
so he quit. afoulŁofŁ someone ortsomething to get into a
situationŁwhere one isŁopposedŁto sàme-
fairŁandŁimpyrtial fairŁandŁunbiased.Ł(Usu- one or something;Ł to get into tràuble
allyŁreferring to some aspect of the legal with someone orŁsàmething. Dan fell
system,Ł such asŁ aŁ jury, aŁ hearing, orŁ a afoul of the lØw at an early age. I hopł
judge.) Gary felt that he had not re- that you will avoid fallng afoul of the dis-
cłived a fair and impartial hearing. We trict manager. She can be a formidØble en-
dłmand that all of our judges be fair and emy. I hope I doà’t run afoul of your sis-
impartial in every instance. ter. She doesn’t like me.

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