PUT ON A BRAVE FACE

Meaning of PUT ON A BRAVE FACE in English

put on a brave face | put a brave ˈface on sth

to pretend that you feel confident and happy when you do not

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PUT ON A BRAVE FACE — pretend to be courageous, pretend to be a hero
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BRAVE — adj 1. brave, courageous; 2. exellent, fine
Interlingua English vocab
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FACE — I. ˈfās noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin facia, …
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BRAVE — I. ˈbrāv adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian & Old Spanish bravo courageous, wild; Old Italian …
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BRAVE — (n.) A brave person; one who is daring.
Английский словарь Webster
BRAVE — (superl.) Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
Английский словарь Webster
BRAVE — ( superl. ) Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BRAVE — ( n. ) A brave person; one who is daring.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — /poot/ , v. , put, putting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to move or place (anything) so as to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FACE — — faceable , adj. /fays/ , n. , v. , faced, facing . n. 1. the front part of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRAVE — — bravely , adv. — braveness , n. /brayv/ , adj., braver, bravest , n. , v. , braved, braving …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — I. ˈpu̇t verb ( put ; put·ting ) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FACE — I. ˈfās noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * facia, from Latin facies make, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BRAVE — I. ˈbrāv adjective ( brav·er ; brav·est ) Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian & Old Spanish bravo courageous, wild, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUT — noun a certain game at cards. 2. put ·noun a pit. 3. put ·impf & ·p.p. of put. 4. put …
Webster English vocab
FACE — vi to present a face or front. 2. face ·noun the style or cut of a type or font of …
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BRAVE — noun specifically, an indian warrior. 2. brave ·noun a challenge; a defiance; bravado. 3. brave ·noun a brave person; one …
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PUT — [put] vb put ; put.ting [ME putten; akin to OE putung instigation, MD poten to plant] vt (12c) 1 a: …
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BRAVE — [brave] adj brav.er ; brav.est [MF, fr. OIt & OSp bravo courageous, wild, prob. fr. L barbarus barbarous] (15c) 1: …
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PUT — / pʊt; NAmE / verb ( put·ting , put , put ) [ vn ] IN PLACE / POSITION 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FACE — / feɪs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FRONT OF HEAD 1. the front part of the head between …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRAVE — / breɪv; NAmE / adjective , verb , noun ■ adjective ( braver , brav·est ) 1. ( of a …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
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FACE — I. face 1 S1 W1 /feɪs/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BRAVE — I. brave 1 S3 /breɪv/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative braver , superlative bravest ) [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: …
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
FACE — n. & v. --n. 1 the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FACE — n. & v. n. 1 the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BRAVE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 able or ready to face and endure danger or pain. 2 formal splendid, spectacular …
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Oxford English vocab
FACE — n. & v. --n. 1. the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of …
Oxford English vocab
BRAVE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. able or ready to face and endure danger or pain. 2 formal splendid, spectacular …
Oxford English vocab
FACE — I. NOUN USES /feɪs/ ( faces) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Please …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUT — ( puts, putting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'put' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRAVE — ( braver, bravest, braves, braving, braved) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BRAVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brave/bold/gallant/valiant attempt approving (= one that you admire, but that is unsuccessful ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BRAVE — (FEARLESS) [adjective] -r, -st - showing no fear of dangerous or difficult thingsThey were brave children and did not cry …
Cambridge English vocab
BRAVE — I. verb Brave is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ blizzard , ↑ element , ↑ shower , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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BRAVE — See ↑ BRAVE/NOT BRAVE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be brave enough to do sth • ↑ put on a brave …
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PUT — n. 25B6; verb she put the parcel on a chair : PLACE, set (down), lay (down), deposit, position, settle; leave, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BRAVE — n. 25B6; adjective they put up a brave fight : COURAGEOUS, plucky, valiant, valorous, intrepid, heroic, lionhearted, bold, fearless, daring, …
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FACE — n. 1 visage, countenance, physiognomy, features, lineaments, Slang mug, mush, kisser, pan, puss, Brit phiz, phizog, dial, clock I don't …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BRAVE — adj. 1 fearless, intrepid, bold, courageous, daring, gallant, stout, stout-hearted, valiant, valorous, stalwart, plucky, staunch, undaunted, dauntless, unafraid, unfearing, indomitable, …
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
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FACE — 1. сущ. 1) а) лицо; физиономия; лик to look smb. in the face ≈ смотреть кому-л. в глаза to powder …
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BRAVE — 1. прил. 1) мужественный, отважный, смелый, храбрый For six days they made a brave defence. ≈ В течение шести дней …
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FACE — face.ogg 1. feıs n 1. 1> лицо, физиономия face massage - массаж лица face angle - антр. лицевой угол black …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BRAVE — brave.ogg 1. breıv n 1> храбрец the brave - собир. смельчаки, храбрецы 2> индейский воин 3> уст. наёмный убийца none …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FACE — 1) передняя поверхность; верхняя поверхность; наружная поверхность 2) лицо, лицевая сторона, лицевая поверхность; лобовая поверхность 3) грань ( напр. геометрической …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FACE — 1) передняя поверхность; верхняя поверхность; наружная поверхность 2) лицо, лицевая сторона, лицевая поверхность; лобовая поверхность 3) грань (напр. геометрической фигуры, кристалла); фаска, …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
FACE — 1) лицо 2) грань; плоскость 3) циферблат 4) горн. забой; лава 5) лицевая поверхность || лицевать; облицовывать 6) торец || торцевать 7) фаска, срез 8) лицевой; облицовочный 9) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PUT — I put гл.; прош. вр. - put, прич. прош. вр. - put1) а) класть, положить Put the book on the …
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