Usage examples of "être du côté du manche" in French with translation to English

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J'ai bien peur de ne pas être du même avis que toi sur ce point. I'm afraid I differ with you on this point.
Je suis toujours du côté du perdant. I always root for the underdog.
L'homme est assis de l'autre côté du ruisseau. The man is sitting on on the other side of the stream.
Lorsque j'inspire profondément, une douleur me lance le long du côté droit de mon dos. When I take a deep breath, a pain runs down the right side of my back.
Il prétend ne pas être du coin. He pretends that he's a stranger here.
Je me tiens toujours du côté du perdant. I always root for the underdog.
Bien sûr. C'est à côté du centre commercial. Sure. It's next to the Plaza Department Store.
Du côté religieux, la décision a causé une sérieuse dissension parmi les fidèles. On the religious side, the decision caused serious dissension among followers.
Qu'y a-t-il à côté du bureau ? What's beside the desk?
Près du côté ouest du parc, il y a beaucoup de bruit sur la route, mais lorsque vous entrez dans le parc, vous ne pouvez plus l'entendre. Near the west side of the park there's a lot of noise from the road, but when you go into the park you can't hear it any more.
J'habite juste à côté du magasin de jouets. I live next door to the toy shop.
Notre bureau est du côté nord de l'immeuble. Our office is on the northern side of the building.
Elle était occupée à tricoter. Pendant ce temps, il faisait une sieste à côté du feu. She was busy knitting. In the meantime, he was taking a nap by the fire.
La reine se tenait à côté du roi. The queen stood beside the king.
Il y a une fontaine d'eau potable à côté du court de tennis. There's a drinking fountain by the tennis court.
Ma maison est à côté du grand arbre. My house is next to the big tree.
Sa maison est de l'autre côté du pont. Her house is on the other side of the bridge.
Être vaincu vaut mieux que d'être vainqueur du côté des scélérats. Losing is better than to be a victor on the side of the scoundrels.
Même les plus gracieux et les plus imposants bâtiments peuvent maintenant être tellement tristement rabaissés, jusqu'à sembler légèrement ridicules, à côté du monstre. Even the most graceful and imposing existing buildings may now be so sadly diminished as to seem slightly ridiculous beside the monster.
Alice commençait à être très fatiguée d'être assise à côté de sa sœur sur la berge et de n'avoir rien à faire : une ou deux fois, elle avait jeté un coup d'œil dans le livre que sa sœur était en train de lire, mais il ne contenait aucune image ni conversation, « et à quoi sert un livre », pensait Alice, « sans images ni conversations ? » Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?'
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