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

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The opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel. Les côtés opposés d'un parallélogramme sont parallèles.
I can't say the opposite. Je ne peux pas dire le contraire.
Whose house is opposite to yours? Quelle maison est en face de la tienne ?
He went in the opposite direction from us. Il allait dans la direction opposée à la nôtre.
The opposite of "inconvenient" is "convenient". Le contraire de incommode est commode.
Their house is just opposite the bus stop. Leur maison se trouve juste en face de l'arrêt de bus.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. À chaque action correspond une réaction égale et opposée.
"Fast" is the opposite of "slow." "Rapide" c'est le contraire de "lent."
They live in the house opposite to ours. Ils habitent dans la maison en face de la nôtre.
By mistake I boarded a train going in the opposite direction. Par erreur je suis monté dans le train qui allait dans la direction opposée.
What they said to you is exactly the opposite of what they told me yesterday. Ce qu'ils t'ont dit est exactement le contraire de ce qu'ils m'ont dit hier.
The house is opposite the church. You can't miss it. La maison est en face de l'église. Vous ne pouvez pas la rater.
She feels very shy in the presence of the opposite sex. Elle est vraiment timide en présence de personnes du sexe opposé.
Dying is not the opposite of living: we spend our life living while we don't spend our death dying. Mourir n'est pas le contraire de vivre : on passe sa vie à vivre et on ne passe pas sa mort à mourir.
You'll see two buildings right opposite the museum, and the restaurant is in the taller of the two. Tu verras deux immeubles juste en face du musée, et le restaurant est dans le plus grand des deux.
Such a person will often go a block out of his way to avoid meeting a person of the opposite sex. Une telle personne fera souvent un effort particulier pour éviter de rencontrer une personne du sexe opposé.
That does not mean we should ignore sources of tension. Indeed, it suggests the opposite: we must face these tensions squarely. Ceci ne signifie pas que nous devrions ignorer des sources de tension. En effet, cela suggère le contraire : nous devons confronter ces tensions.
As a rule, not only in humans, but also in animals, "sexual display" occurs, consciously or unconsciously, towards individuals of the opposite sex. En principe, pas seulement chez les humains mais aussi chez les animaux, une « parade sexuelle » survient, consciemment ou inconsciemment, à l'égard des individus de sexe opposé.
When I was a teenager I had lots of hair on my head and none on my chest. Now it's just the opposite. Quand j'étais adolescent, j'avais plein de cheveux sur la tête et aucun sur la poitrine. Maintenant, c'est juste le contraire.
Tom, desperate, howled: "Mary! Where are you?" from the very left edge of the sentence. "I fear I'm from now on, fully at the opposite from you" drily retorted Mary. Tom, désespéré, hurla : « Mary ! Où es-tu ? » depuis l'extrémité gauche de la phrase. « Je crains de n'être désormais totalement à l'opposé de toi », répondit sèchement Mary.
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