Usage examples of "sauf avis contraire" in French with translation to English

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Je ne le pousserais pas à bout. Tu ne sais pas ce qu'il pourrait faire. À mon avis, on n'est jamais trop prudent. On dit même qu'une souris à l'agonie mordrait un chat si elle n'avait pas le choix. I wouldn't push him too far. You don't know what he might do. I'd say you can't be too careful. They say even a doomed mouse will bite a cat if he has no choice.
"As-tu fini ?" "Au contraire, je n'ai même pas encore commencé." "Have you finished?" "On the contrary, I have not even begun yet."
Je peux résister à tout sauf à la tentation. I can resist everything except temptation.
Son avis n'a pas été accepté. His opinion was not accepted.
Il a fait très froid la nuit dernière, donc nous ne sommes pas sortis mais au contraire nous nous sommes cloitrés chez nous. It was very cold last night, so we didn't go outside, but stayed indoors.
J'aurais bien acheté cette montre, sauf qu'elle est trop chère. I would buy this watch, except it's too expensive.
Je veux ton avis. I want your opinion.
Sa réponse fut contraire à nos attentes. His response was contrary to our expectations.
Ta réponse est tout sauf parfaite. Your answer is anything but perfect.
À mon avis, c'était son erreur. To my mind, it was his mistake.
Le contraire de incommode est commode. The opposite of "inconvenient" is "convenient".
Il y a des gens dans le monde si affamés que Dieu ne peut pas leur apparaître, sauf sous forme de pain. There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Je sais que vous devez être enseveli sous une montagne de courrier, mais je me demandais si je pouvais connaître votre avis sur le courrier que je vous ai envoyé la semaine dernière? I know you must be buried in your mountain of mails, but I wonder if I can hear from you regarding the mail I sent you last week?
Ce n'est pas immoral pour un romancier de mentir. Au contraire, plus les mensonges sont gros et habiles, et plus les gens du peuple et les critiques vous louangeront. It's not immoral for a novelist to tell lies. In fact, the bigger the lies, the better lies, and the more the common folks and critics will praise you.
Tout le monde a été invité sauf moi. Everyone except me was invited.
Le service météorologique a émis un avis de tempête. The weather service has issued a severe weather warning.
Je n'ai aucune preuve du contraire. I have no proof to the contrary.
Tom fait tout sauf étudier. Tom does anything but study.
"A mon avis," dit le petit frère, "tu as tort". "In my opinion," said the younger brother, "you are wrong."
Il n'est pas fainéant. Au contraire, je crois que c'est un grand bosseur. He's not lazy. On the contrary, I think he's a hard worker.
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