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

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He did not live up to expectations. Il n'a pas été à la hauteur de nos espérances.
Their proposition is contrary to ours. Leur proposition est l'inverse de la nôtre.
The new house didn't live up to expectations. La nouvelle maison n'était pas à la hauteur de mes attentes.
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. »
For one reason or another their holiday in France didn't come up to expectations. Pour une raison quelconque, leurs vacances en France ne les ont pas satisfaits.
My opinion is contrary to yours. Mon opinion est contraire à la vôtre.
My point of view is contrary to yours. Mon point de vue est le contraire du vôtre.
He failed to get elected contrary to our expectation. Il n'a pas réussi à se faire élire, contrairement à notre attente.
It is contrary to reason. C'est contraire à la raison.
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.
Contrary to my expectations, they were actually quite unpatriotic and irreverent. Contrairement à mes attentes, ils étaient proprement antipatriotiques et irrespectueux.
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.
Mary is not poor. On the contrary, she is quite rich. Mary n'est pas pauvre, au contraire, elle est plutôt riche.
Against all expectations, we became good friends. Contre toute attente, nous devînmes amis.
"Have you finished it?" "On the contrary, I've just begun." "As-tu terminé ?" "Loin de là, je viens juste de commencer."
Life is good because it does not always correspond to our expectations! La vie est belle parce qu'elle ne correspond pas toujours à nos attentes !
"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. »
The wonderful performance of this actress exceeded all expectations. La merveilleuse interprétation par cette actrice a été au-delà de toutes les attentes.
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