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Gegenteil in English:

1. 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.

English word "Gegenteil"(contrary) occurs in sets:

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