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Today’s word is ”facade“. This is a noun which means a face of a building or a superficial appearance.
For example, you can say, “Under the tough facade of a streetwise teenager, Ricky is still a 13-year-old kid who loves <ST1

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lace>.”
front (of a building) (建物的)正面
(fig 比喻) outward appearance, esp a deceptive one 外表(尤指虚伪的):
* a facade of indifference 假装冷漠
* Squalor and poverty lay behind the city's glittering facade. 这城市表面繁华, 背後却肮脏和贫困 |