Sentence examples of "opposite" in English with translation "contraire"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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