take on 'accept as a challenge' face up 'deal with (something unpleasant) head on' confront 'deal with (something unpleasant) head on' undertake 'accept as a challenge' tackle 'accept as a challenge' face 'deal with (something unpleasant) head on'
confront combat handle counter approach move in on target face undertake take on intercept go about tackle brave breast
confront 'FN: begin to try to handle a problem' face 'FN: put oneself in the position to understand and being dealing with something unpleasant.'
I'll tackle this difficult task He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes You must confront your problems
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John confronted it with emergency measures. John confronted the disaster.
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Draper declared,`` As I see it, this country has never faced such great dangers as threaten us today. The guerrillas realized they faced a new problem. Thus we are compelled to face the urbanization of the South- an urbanization which, despite its dramatic and overwhelming effects upon the Southern culture, has been utterly ignored by the bulk of Southern writers. It was their conviction that the people should be`` brought_up together'', a grade at_a_time, until in some indefinite future some might be ready to tackle history, economics and political_science. The civil_services in such societies are generally inadequate to deal competently with the problems facing them; and their members often equate a government career with security and status rather_than with sacrifice, self-discipline, and competence. Behind this reply, and its many variations, is the ever-present budget problem all libraries must face, from the largest to the smallest. How right he was; how clearly he saw the cultural defection of experimentation as an escape for those who dare not or prefer not to face the discipline of modern traditionalism. The main question raised by the incident is how much longer will UN bury its head in the sand on the Congo problem instead of facing the bitter fact that it has no solution in present terms? What awful thing had she to face in the next few hours? But to the cattlemen who had been facing bankruptcy from rustling losses and to the cowboys who had been faced with lay-offs a_few years earlier, he was becoming a vastly different type of legendary figure. Obviously what we are confronted with here is the identification of`` professional'' with narrow skills and specialization, the effective servicing of a client, rather_than responsiveness to the wider and deeper meaning and associations of one 's work. The problem must be faced squarely. Our central goal should be to provide the greatest positive incentive for these societies to tackle boldly the tasks which they face. The situation with our attitude and`` control'' of disease contains close analogies to problems confronting us people. I tried to do so by calling to their attention some of the problems that a senior departmental policy officer faces. Confronted with this situation, most libraries either endure the severe limitations of their budgets and do what they can with what they have, or_else depend_on the bounty of patrons and local_governments to supplement their annual funds. In providing for these inner individual functions, religion undertakes in behalf of individual peace_of_mind and well-being services for which there is no other institution. Our central goal should be to provide the greatest positive incentive for these societies to tackle boldly the tasks which they face. Let 's face it! While he declined to suggest, how, he said that sooner_or_later we must get_rid_of Castro,`` for unless we do we 're liable_to face similar situations in_this hemisphere. West_Virginia toll bonds have defaulted in interest for months, and, despite recent improvement in revenues, holders of the bonds are faced with more of the same. One issue that must be faced is the relative difficulty of analysis of different phonologic subsystems. The United_States can help by communicating a genuine concern with the problems these countries face and a readiness to provide technical and other appropriate forms of assistance where possible. The Rhode_Island Public_Expenditure_Council in its publication once commented:`` The_most realistic way of facing_up to this problem would be to have the State take_over full responsibility for assessing all taxable property. He seems strong enough inside the party to cope_with any internal opposition; but if he is up against China 's crusading spirit in world affairs, he is going_to be faced with the_most agonizing choice in his life. This is the question now facing President_Kennedy: The concept of labor as a special class is outmoded, and in the task confronting America as bastion of the free_world, labor must learn to put the national interest first if it is itself to survive. The book concerned with the Negro 's role in an urban society is rare indeed; recently only Keith_Wheeler 's novel, Peaceable_Lane, has openly faced the problem. For another second or two he gave_in to the annoyance that was directed at himself; then his mind moved_on to be confronted by something far more serious, and as the thought expanded, the implications jarred him. Is his a literature of defeat, irrelevant to the social crises we face? I realized that Hamlet was faced with an entirely different problem, but his agony could have been no greater. I submit that it cannot be dismissed simply by saying we are not facing the facts of life. The speaker suggested that the desolation of a post-attack world would be too awful to face. So we are faced with a vast network of amorphous entities perpetuating themselves in whatever manner they can, without the needs of society, controlling society and forcing upon it a regime representing only the corporation 's needs for survival. It may seem to some of them that success can be purchased much less dearly by fishing in the murky waters of international politics than by facing_up to the intractable tasks at_home. West_Germany will face the crucial tests that lie ahead, on Berlin and unification, with a coalition government. The National_Parks, always popular camping places, are facing the same pressure. Every man who the market to make a_little easy_money on_the_side and suffers losses could at the time hardly face his wife who was wondering how her husband could be so dumb. But we had hardly started to adjust our thinking to this new uranium weapon when we were faced with the hydrogen_bomb. Men, trees, automobiles, houses, and_so_on- objects continually confronted in everyday life- had each its characteristic blot appearance and became easily recognizable, at the very beginning of tracing, by an inference as_to what each was. He, of_course, must have been equally unprepared for what confronted him, but, nonetheless, I did find his reaction startling. , although considerable numbers of men have been trained, bureaucracies are still deficient in many respects; even the famed Indian_Civil_Service is not fully adequate_to the tremendous range of tasks it has undertaken. When this and other units combined to form the present group, it was taken_on as a continuing fund-raiser. They faced a rather small audience, as quite_a_few subscribers apparently had decided to forego the pleasures of the afternoon. The Negro faces as much, if_not more, difficulty in fitting himself into an urban economy as he did_in an agrarian one. This slim book, while giving the reader only a fleeting glimpse of the scientific mind confronting the universe, has the appeal that informed conversation always has. William_Styron, while facing the changing economy with a certain uneasy reluctance, insists he is not to be classified as a Southern writer and yet includes traditional Southern concepts in everything he publishes. The nightmare of a clash between those in_trouble in Africa, exacerbated by the difficulties, changes, and tragedies facing them, and other allies who intellectually and emotionally disapprove of the circumstances that have brought these troubles about, has been conspicious by its absence. And Grandma is n't strong enough to take_on something like that, and to tell you the truth neither am I''. `` Said Secretary_Hodges:' It 's a tough combination for the U._S. to face'. It seems to me, the first thing you 've got_to do, to be happy, is to face_up to your problems, no_matter what they may be. When confronted with a drunk or an insane person I have no notion of what any one of them might do to me or to himself or to others. The state is now faced with the immediate question of raising new taxes whether on utilities, real_estate or motor_vehicles, he said,`` and I challenge Mitchell to tell the people where he stands on the tax issue''. It must be recognized as a slow-acting tool designed to prevent political and military crises such_as those recently confronted in Laos and Cuba. These societies can expect to face difficult times. New_York Central_Railroad president Alfred_E._Perlman said Tuesday his line would face the threat of bankruptcy if the Chesapeake+ Ohio and Baltimore+ Ohio Railroads merge. Ambassador_Stevenson yesterday described the U. N. 's problem of electing a temporary successor to the late Dag_Hammarskjold as`` the gravest crisis the institution has faced''. Presenting an individualized Negro character, it would seem, is one of the_most difficult assignments a Southern writer could tackle; and the success of such an endeavor is, as suggested above, glaringly rare. I could face Thelma after that night. Given this kind of business climate, what competitive marketing problems will your company face in the next 10 yr.? Fourteen years is the maximum penalty now faced by the new five, who may have altered history in the 1960 s. When a man invests a block of his years at a university without gaining the coveted promotion, not_only is he faced with the problem of starting over but there is also a certain depreciation in the market_value of his services. If the circumstances are faced frankly it is not reasonable to expect this to be true. From the manufacturer 's point_of_view, the increasing cost of advertising and promotion is a very real problem to be faced in the sixties. Few business groups in recent years have come under heavier pressure to face these realities than real_estate_brokers and home builders. As long as her development within her shell lived_up_to expectations, and there were no side-effects from the pituitary tinkering, Helva would live a rewarding, rich and unusual life, a far cry from what she would have faced as an ordinary,`` normal'' being. With the development of the Red_Bridge_Subdivision south of Kansas_City, Missouri, the developer was faced with the problem of providing adequate sewage_disposal. We in East_Greenwich have the example of two neighboring communities, one currently utilizing double sessions in their schools, and the other facing this prospect next year. Facing a prosecution which has demanded the death_penalty, he said:' I have participated in the war against Communism in Korea and at Dienbienphu, and I have helped in the evacuation of North Vietnamese to the free_world. Faced with this situation, Postmaster_Charles_F._McKenna of Montpelier went with Fogg on a Burlington trip, and together they scouted the terrain on the heights of Berlin. When that fear has been removed by faith in Jesus_Christ, when we know that He is our Savior, that He has paid our debt with His blood, that He has met the demands of God 's justice and thus has turned His wrath away- when we know that, we have peace with God in our hearts; and_then, with this God on our side, we can face the whole world without_fear. We were not, however, prepared_for anything like the apparition that confronted us as Felix came_up the stairs. If Russian pupils have to take these languages, how_come American students have a choice whether or not to take a language, but have to face so many exceptions? On the eve of the`` great debate'' on the proposal to give the President broad powers to make across-the-board tariff concessions which could practically bring us into the Atlantic_Community, we should face the alternatives on this proposition. Here you begin to appreciate the scope of the challenges and possibilities facing the industry.