Sentence examples of "on the contrary" in English with translation "au contraire"
Mary is not poor. On the contrary, she is quite rich.
Mary n'est pas pauvre, au contraire, elle est plutôt riche.
"Have you finished?" "On the contrary, I have not even begun yet."
"As-tu fini ?" "Au contraire, je n'ai même pas encore commencé."
He's not lazy. On the contrary, I think he's a hard worker.
Il n'est pas fainéant. Au contraire, je crois que c'est un grand bosseur.
That picture doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary, I think it's rather beautiful.
Cette image ne me semble pas moche ; au contraire, je pense qu'elle est plutôt jolie.
It isn't true that Jack is no good at music; on the contrary, he plays the piano well.
Jack ne manque pas de talent musical, au contraire il joue très bien du piano.
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