Usage examples of "contrary to" in English with translation to French

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He failed to get elected contrary to our expectation. Il n'a pas réussi à se faire élire, contrairement à notre attente.
Contrary to my expectations, they were actually quite unpatriotic and irreverent. Contrairement à mes attentes, ils étaient proprement antipatriotiques et irrespectueux.
Contrary to popular opinion, hair and fingernails do not continue to grow after death. Contrairement aux idées reçues, les cheveux et les ongles ne continuent pas à pousser après la mort.
Not only is sex a safe activity but it is also recommended against depression, and contrary to other physical activities, food or even video games, you can't have too much of it. Non seulement les relations sexuelles constituent une saine activité mais elles sont aussi recommandées contre la dépression et, contrairement aux autres activités physiques, à la nourriture ou même aux jeux vidéo, on ne peut pas en pratiquer ou en consommer de trop.
It is contrary to reason. C'est contraire à la raison.
Their proposition is contrary to ours. Leur proposition est l'inverse de la nôtre.
My opinion is contrary to yours. Mon opinion est contraire à la vôtre.
His response was contrary to our expectations. Sa réponse fut contraire à nos attentes.
The result was contrary to his expectations. Le résultat était contraire à ses attentes.
My point of view is contrary to yours. Mon point de vue est le contraire du vôtre.
I found Volapük to be very complicated, contrary to Esperanto, which is very simple. « J'ai trouvé le volapük très compliqué et, au contraire, l'espéranto très simple. »
Mary is not poor. On the contrary, she is quite rich. Mary n'est pas pauvre, au contraire, elle est plutôt riche.
"Have you finished it?" "On the contrary, I've just begun." "As-tu terminé ?" "Loin de là, je viens juste de commencer."
"I believe you like your job" "On the contrary, I hate it". « J'imagine que votre travail vous plaît. » « Pas du tout, je le déteste. »
And yet, the contrary is always true as well. Et pourtant, le contraire aussi est toujours vrai.
The lack of evidence to the contrary is itself evidence that your theory is probably right. L'absence de preuve du contraire est elle-même la preuve que votre théorie est probablement vraie.
It isn't true that Jack is no good at music; on the contrary, he plays the piano well. Jack ne manque pas de talent musical, au contraire il joue très bien du piano.
That picture doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary, I think it's rather beautiful. Cette image ne me semble pas moche ; au contraire, je pense qu'elle est plutôt jolie.
Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me. We long for a caring Universe which will save us from our childish mistakes, and in the face of mountains of evidence to the contrary we will pin all our hopes on the slimmest of doubts. God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist. La capacité inébranlable de l'homme à croire ce qu'il préfère plutôt qu'à ce que les preuves démontrent être probable et possible m'a toujours stupéfié. Nous nous languissons d'un univers attentionné qui nous sauvera de nos puériles erreurs, et face à des montagnes de preuves du contraire nous allons accrocher nos espoirs aux doutes les plus minces. On n'a pas prouvé que Dieu n'existait pas, donc il doit exister.
He's not lazy. On the contrary, I think he's a hard worker. Il n'est pas fainéant. Au contraire, je crois que c'est un grand bosseur.
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