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face value

face value

Date: Jan 19 2005

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“I’m honored that people are playing our music from ten years ago. I’d probably be more honored if they’d listen to what I’m doing now and take it at face value. ”
- Michael Stipe, in an interview in Spin Magazine

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

look at something for what it is, don’t think about other factors or issues

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

A lot of times, people see or hear something and automatically compare it to something else they have seen or heard.
For example, if you see a movie with Sean Penn in it, you might compare it with his last movie you saw.
Sometimes, though, an artist, such as Michael Stipe, wants the viewer to experience his or her work without comparing it to older stuff. That way, they are allowed to change and grow as artists.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“I have a hard time not comparing your songs to earlier ones. I am trying to take them at face value, but it’s very difficult.”

””I have a hard time not comparing your songs to earlier ones. I am trying to take them at face value, but it’s very difficult.”
“Why can’t you just take my kindness at face value? I know that you have been hurt in the past, but I am different.”
“I don’t trust Sue very much. She says she wants people to take her actions at face value, but she is always planning something and manipulating people.”

“Why can’t you just take my kindness at face value? I know that you have been hurt in the past, but I am different.”

“I don’t trust Sue very much. She says she wants people to take her actions at face value, but she is always planning something and manipulating people.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

“at face value” is “as it is”, without any biased and/or preconceived idea of what it should be or what it must be.
by Hiro (Iwata, Japan)
Taking things at face value is when you take them at first sight or without considering a second thought of it, more for what it seems to be but for what really is.
by paola (pasto, colombia)
the first impression of thing or somebody.when u see a stranger , u may judge his or her personnel at face value
by jie (jining, china)
I think that the people must like the other one for what they really are
by Michele (João Pessoa, Brasil)
MICHAEL STIPE’S -“FACE VALUE-to accept it for what it is and enjoy it, possibly
by Urvi Sukul Singh (GURGAON, INDIA)
I guess it means seeming value or apparent significance
by inna (TALLINN, Estonia)
Apparent significance or value.
by Zheng (Beijing, China)
I guess “at face value” means “as it is” or “as they are.”
by So-young (Seoul , Korea)
take it as it is
by sujeet (mumbai, india)
Take it at face value:to believe that something what it seems to be
by Pelin (Istanbul, Turkey)
It means “at first impact” with no elaborating it
by Salva (Rome, Italy)
The Value that things have now in the present time
by johana (Bogota, Colombia)

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