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false face
noun
A mask.
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Amanda made a false face of contrition.
"False face must hide what the false heart doth know," Macbeth says.
Last year, Nicole Kidman had a false nose; this year Theron had an entire false face.
And he might – knowing how these public trials work – but it would be a false face.
Here, if a policy is not working, the manager nonetheless perseveres, thinking that reality is presenting a false face.
You won't put on a false face because your smart friend would spot that in a minute.
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Perhaps he was embarrassed, and that's why he so often hid in extravagant roles and behind those old-man false faces.
Compiled from advertising material from the early 1990's, "Poetry and Truth" stitches together shots of performers caught in the act of putting on their false faces.
The masks of the world display virtually infinite variety, from the simplest of crude "false faces" held by a handle to complete head coverings designed with ingenious movable parts.
Like "Happy Valley" and "Top of the Lake," "Big Little Lies" is most interesting when it's examining the aftermath of violence and the false faces that women put on, rather than risk pity.
Before You Do the Task, You Might … Extension Activity Argumentative Writing Business: "Facebook's False Faces" Common Core Standards: RI1, RI6, R18, RI10, W1, W4, W5, W10, RH2 Have you ever tried to hide your identity on the Web or been the victim of fraud?
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