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Dictionary translations for "tout au contraire"

tout au contraire adverb

on the contrary (locution adverbiale, opposition)

Contexts with "tout au contraire"

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.

Il est mon cadet de 2 ou 3 ans tout au plus. He is not more than two or three years younger than I am.

Au contraire de sa sœur, il a conservé la foi religieuse dans laquelle ses parents l'avaient élevé. Unlike his sister, he has retained the religious faith his parents brought him up in.

Là-bas, il fait chaud tout au long de l'année. It is warm there all the year round.

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.

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