Usage examples of "а не" in Russian with translation to English

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Сегодня мне скорее хочется прогуляться, а не оставаться дома. I feel like going out rather than staying at home today.

Горе тем, кто возомнили своим призванием "просвещать" других, а не себя! Woe to those who presume that they are destined to ‘enlighten’ others, not themselves!

Он построен по предложениям, а не по словам. It's all about sentences. Not words.

Надежда, а не страх — главный созидательный принцип в человеческих делах. Hope, not fear, is the creative principle in human affairs.

Молись всевышнему, а не его пророкам. Pray the Lord and not his prophets.

Это моя вина, а не твоя. It's my fault, not yours.

Я предпочитаю путешествовать поездом, а не самолётом. I prefer traveling by train to flying.

Этот опыт убеждает меня в том, что партнёрство между исламом и Америкой должно быть основано на том, чем ислам является, а не на том, чем не является. И я считаю это частью моей ответственности как президента Соединённых Штатов — бороться против негативных стереотипов об исламе, где бы они не появились. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't. And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

Почему ты разорвал ткань, а не разрезал ее ножницами? Why did you tear the cloth instead of cutting it with scissors?

Вы будете использовать компьютер для учёбы, а не для игр. You’ll use the computer for studying, and not for playing games.

В неудаче ты должен винить самого себя, а не других. You ought to blame yourself, not the others, for the failure.

Принеси книжку мне, а не Тому. Bring the book to me, not to Tom.

Они оскорбляют меня, а не обвиняют; не атакуют, а клевещут. И не считают, что у меня есть право защищаться. They do not accuse me, they insult; they do not fight me, they calumniate, and they don't allow me the right of defense.

У девушки на картине на голове венок из живых цветов, а не золотая корона. The girl in the picture has a flower wreath on her head, and not a golden crown.

Паспорт президента США чёрный, а не синий, как у обычных граждан. The U.S. president's passport is black, not blue like an average citizen's.

Я бы предпочел, чтобы ты пришел завтра, а не сегодня. I would rather you came tomorrow than today.

Выбирай то, что правильно, а не то, что легко. Choose what is right, not what is easy.

Он приехал на машине, а не на поезде. He came by car instead of by train.

Я изучал французский, а не немецкий. I learned French instead of German.

Думай о всех тех вещах, которые имеешь, а не о той единственной вещи, которой у тебя нет. Think of everything that you have, and not on the only thing that you are missing.

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