słownik angielsko - angielski

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the opposite po angielsku:

1. otherwise


I think otherwise.
Even if you know the truth, you had better pretend otherwise at present.
My impression of this government is that they need a more forceful economic policy, otherwise they'll encounter large problems in the future.
Otherwise, it is considered impolite to pass food with the left hand, because the left hand is used for bathing.
How is it that otherwise reasonable people come to believe that this same roof, that practically vanishing commodity, is freely obtainable just by packing up and going to another country?
The walking stick serves the purpose of an advertisement that the bearer's hands are employed otherwise than in useful effort, and it therefore has utility as an evidence of leisure.
There is no act which Christianity forbids, that the law will not reach: if it were otherwise, Christianity would not be, as it has always been held to be, part of the law of England.
Did you see his work? Would he have wanted to do it badly, he wouldn't have proceeded otherwise.
Unless otherwise decided by the directors, if the company has a common seal and it is affixed to a document, the document must also be signed by at least one authorised person in the presence of a witness who attests the signature.
In countries with electoral colleges, citizens vote for representatives to pick heads of state for them, adding an extra layer to what would otherwise be a direct election.
Some clarinetists use clarinets tuned to A instead of B flat in passages which would otherwise be written in unusual keys.
... otherwise labels are displayed in the requisition’s base language.
You have to be careful when driving a car because otherwise you may cause an accident.
Furthermore, experiments were never carried out against the rules but were performed always well within them - otherwise they would not be recognized as experiments at all.

Angielskie słowo "the opposite" (otherwise) występuje w zestawach:

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2. contrary


On the contrary, I've never said such a thing.
And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
She thought to the contrary.
Contrary to popular opinion, hair and fingernails do not continue to grow after death.
These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
A long time ago, around here, a nice schoolteacher called Matsumoto tried to rescue one of his pupils, but on the contrary he ended up drowning.
Contrary to expectations, they won with ease.
If you do that, it will only bring about a contrary effect.
It isn't true that Jack is no good at music; on the contrary, he plays the piano well.
The lack of evidence to the contrary is itself evidence that your theory is probably right.
This result means, contrary to prior expectations, that the number of variants does not affect the processing speed.
The game ended in a victory for B school, which was quite contrary to predictions.
She said that what they were doing was contrary to the company's sexual harassment policy.
That picture doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary, I think it's rather beautiful.

3. oppose


I oppose it.
Bernard Kouchner, who established Medecins Sans Frontieres, did not oppose the Iraq war.
At first I thought I liked the plan, but on second thought I decided to oppose it.
I think Tom doesn't have the courage to oppose Mary.
They didn't oppose the project just because they feared public opinion.
He tends to get angry when people oppose him.
Were I in your position, I would oppose that plan.
Whoever may oppose my plan, I will carry it out nonetheless.
When two armies oppose one another, those who can fight should fight, those who can't fight should guard, those who can't guard should flee, those who can't flee should surrender, and those who can't surrender should die.
We need to consider carefully what materials and methods we can use to oppose them.
I'd very much like to see who'd try to oppose me.
Public opinion in both countries opposes the war.
The Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats oppose Mr Cameron’s referendum.
Why do you think people sometimes oppose their government?
It began to dawn on me that, to oppose political and social chaos, cultured means would be ineffective.