English example sentences with "opposite"

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I can't say the opposite.
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Delight is the opposite of sorrow.
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By mistake I boarded a train going in the opposite direction.
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The flower shop is opposite the park.
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Love and hate are opposite emotions.
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The very opposite is the truth.
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The young man came out of the house opposite.
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The house is opposite the church. You can't miss it.
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The goals were placed at the opposite ends of the town.
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They live in the house opposite to ours.
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You say one thing and then act just the opposite.
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Your views are quite opposite to mine.
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Whose house is opposite to yours?
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"Fast" is the opposite of "slow."
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The opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel.
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In fact, the opposite is more likely to occur.
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When two powerful forces with opposite ideals come face to face, it's time for a showdown.
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Everyone loves to hear praise, but over-praise has the opposite effect of sounding insincere.
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You'll see two buildings right opposite the museum, and the restaurant is in the taller of the two.
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His house is on the opposite side of the street.
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His remarks had the opposite effect.
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He went in the opposite direction from us.
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What they said to you is exactly the opposite of what they told me yesterday.
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She feels very shy in the presence of the opposite sex.
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Their house is just opposite the bus stop.
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For instance, "delight" is the opposite of "sorrow."
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Saying which, I did the opposite.
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That does not mean we should ignore sources of tension. Indeed, it suggests the opposite: we must face these tensions squarely.
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Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'.
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I heard that Isezaki city decided to ban beards for male city employees starting June 19. It's the complete opposite of the Taliban laws imposing the wearing of beards.
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We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think — in fact they do so.
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Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Communism is the exact opposite.
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Opposite the park there is a beautiful river.
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Opposite there is a six-story building.
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Waking up is the opposite of going to sleep.
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The opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel.
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The opposite of "inconvenient" is "convenient".
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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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A curious German word is "entfernen" (to put some distance between), because the prefix "ent-" means to take something away, in this case the distance, but taking away the distance would mean to bring it closer which is the exact opposite of what the word "entfernen" means.
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When I was a teenager I had lots of hair on my head and none on my chest. Now it's just the opposite.
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It's exactly the opposite which is true: there is nothing after death, except eternity on earth.
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North is the opposite direction from south.
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My opinion is exactly the opposite of yours.
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They went in opposite directions.
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A gaggle of intoxicated youths stopped to ponder whether there is an Opposite Day in Bizarro World.
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A man was fishing on the opposite bank.
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The way some people see it, associating with the opposite sex is just like going to the seaside and gathering stones; everyone can pick up the ones they like.
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The most important thing about relations with the opposite sex is not how good the other person is, but that they treat you well.
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Imogen of the Internet can type over 110 words per minute, but runs a 20-minute mile. The rest of her family has the opposite problem.
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Such a person will often go a block out of his way to avoid meeting a person of the opposite sex.
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If pro is the opposite of con is the opposite of progress Congress?
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If pro is the opposite of con is the opposite of progress Congress?
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Dying is not the opposite of living: we spend our life living while we don't spend our death dying.
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Tom, desperate, howled: "Mary! Where are you?" from the very left edge of the sentence. "I fear I'm from now on, fully at the opposite from you" drily retorted Mary.
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Tom has the opposite problem.
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Becoming rich is the opposite of becoming poor.
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A dozen people gathered opposite the station.
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As a rule, not only in humans, but also in animals, "sexual display" occurs, consciously or unconsciously, towards individuals of the opposite sex.
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In France every restaurant has some method by which you don't have to pay, in China it is the opposite.
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The opposite of uncomfortable is comfortable.
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Newton's Third Law says: "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction".
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Quite the opposite, Tom has been a good influence on my life since I met him.
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We have the opposite problem.
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He did the opposite.
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It's just the opposite.
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The problem is the opposite.
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The shop is opposite the bank.
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That man standing near the door and that woman on the opposite side of the room next to the window have photographic memories.
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John's house is opposite the church.
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On either side of the Equator the prevailing winds blow in opposite directions. Shifting of the boundary north and south creates the monsoon.
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Opposite the station.
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Judaism is not the opposite of Christianity.
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He told me just the opposite!
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Even when the facts demonstrated the opposite, he maintained he hadn't stolen it.
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It isn't what you say, but just the opposite.
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The car's parked opposite that building.
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I meant the opposite.
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The opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice.
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The opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice.
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We always went in opposite directions.
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Getting rich is the opposite of getting poor.
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Kids are told they're going to catch "cooties" if they play with the opposite sex.
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Being awake is the opposite of being asleep.
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Tom had taught me the exact opposite.
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Tom and Mary walked away in opposite directions.
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Tom and Mary sat at opposite ends of the couch.
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Tom sat opposite Mary.
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That is exactly the opposite of the truth.
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Happy people are those who remember only the good things from the past, while unhappy people are those who remember only the opposite.
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It usually has just the opposite effect.
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You should go in the opposite direction.
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This is the opposite of what I expected.
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Waking up is the opposite of falling asleep.
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The result is opposite to what we expected.
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The result is opposite to our expectations.
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Smart people can pretend to be dumb. The opposite is more difficult.
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Tom leaned against one wall and stared blankly at the opposite wall.
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Forvo is an international project which has set itself an unattainable goal and therefore always achieves opposite results.
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Driver, you're driving in the opposite direction. I want to go east. Why are you driving west?
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The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority, have always done just the opposite.
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No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
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