Sentence examples of "the opposite" in English
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In fact, the opposite is more likely to occur.
En fait, l'inverse est davantage susceptible de se produire.
She feels very shy in the presence of the opposite sex.
Elle est vraiment timide en présence de personnes 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.
The opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel.
Les côtés opposés d'un parallélogramme sont parallèles.
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.
We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think — in fact they do so.
Nous avons tous tendance à penser que le monde doit être en conformité avec nos préjugés. Adopter un point de vue opposé implique un effort de réflexion, et bien des gens mourraient plutôt que de faire cet effort - d'ailleurs, c'est ce qui leur arrive.
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.
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