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make faces (at someone)
To make distorted, silly, or humorous facial expressions (at someone), usually for one’s own or someone else’s amusement, or as a show of disgust. Jimmy, quit making faces at Sarah this instant and pay attention! Mom, tell Billy to quit making faces, he’s really annoying me!
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make faces
(at someone) Go to make a face (at someone).
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pull/make ˈfaces/a ˈface (at somebody/something)
produce an expression on your face to show that you do not like somebody/something or in order to make somebody laugh: What are you pulling a face at now? ♢ The little girl stood outside the window of the cafe making faces at everybody. ▶ ˈface-pulling noun: He amazed the audience with his silent mime and face-pulling performance.
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- cut-eye
- cut (one’s) eye after (someone)
- give (someone) the stink eye
- screw up (one’s) face
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His boy likes to make faces when taking photos. For instance, he will smile with one eye open and the other eye close when photoing.
Is my usage of «make faces» correct in my context? Thank you!
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I think this expression is used more for negative feelings (e.g. disgust).
To make your sentence clearer, I would write funny faces or a funny face.
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In my AE, your sentence is fine. To make faces by default means to me «funny» faces.
If someone has tried to facially indicate negative feelings, the contortions would still be viewed by me as comical.
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He made a face usually expresses distaste (grimace), in my experience. This may, of course, look comical.
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His boy likes to make faces when taking photos
To me this means that the boy makes (funny) faces when he (the boy) is taking photos (of other people).
He made a face=he made a grimace (of disgust).
He made faces=he «pulled» comic or weird faces.
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His boy likes to make faces when taking photos
To me this means that the boy makes (funny) faces when he (the boy) is taking photos (of other people).
He made a face=he made a grimace (of disgust).
He made faces=he «pulled» comic or weird faces.
Thank you all of you.
But I didn’t mean the boy is taking photos of other people. I meant he is in the photos, in other words, he likes to make faces when being taken photos.
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He probably makes comical faces when someone takes a photo of him, although we don’t know what his motivation is.
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He probably makes comical faces when someone takes a photo of him, although we don’t know what his motivation is.
Can I shorten «when someone takes a photo of him» to «when being taken a photo»?
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I would write (as a second choice) when being photographed.
When being taken a photo does not work, only When a photo is being taken of him/When his picture is being taken (to give two possible alternatives).
Photo is not a verb. We say Can I take a photo of you?
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Or, just simply «When/Whenever someone takes his picture.»
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An alternative way to reference making out.
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When someone is unable to comprehend/function/complete a task/action/situation properly due to inhibition from hallucinogenic drugs.
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I found this on my bookshelf today. It’s a little tome I scribed (with some help) when I was teaching the people of Japan to speak English. That mission accomplished, I packed most of my teaching materials in boxes and tucked them away in the dark recesses of my closet. This one, made using a pen, paper, and photocopier, is useful for learning how to describe facial features. I used it when teaching ESL(English as a second language) to public junior high school kids in Kanagawa, Japan. While it’s not perfect, it’s not entirely without merit and ideal for a semi low-tech classroom environment.
Here is Making Faces:
If you have a printer, you can make your own Making Faces using these images below. You might want to change some of the labels (like buckteeth, etc.). I used terms I found in textbooks I was working with at the time. Most important of all, remember to put on a happy face!
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