# I hope to see you soon

John wants to visit him, but he does not know with certainty that he would be able to visit him. Alternate translation: "I plan to come to you" or "I want to come to you"

# face to face

"Face to face" here is an idiom, meaning "in person." Alternate translation: "in person"  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])