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OPPOSITE

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opposite I. adjectiv

1. opus; de peste drum, de vizavi;

vertically opposite angles unghiuri opuse la vârf;

see the illustration on the opposite page vezi ilustraţia de pe contrapagină;

a house opposite to the church o casă de peste drum de biserică;

the house opposite casa de peste drum.

2. contrar, opus;

opposite poles poli opuşi;

the opposite sex sexul opus, celălalt sex;

in the opposite direction în direcţie contrară / inversă.

opposite II. substantiv

the opposite opusul, contrariul;

the opposite of what he says contrariul a ceea ce spune.

opposite III. adverb

peste drum; în faţă;

I had an old man sitting opposite în faţa mea şedea un om bătrân.

opposite IV. prepoziție

în faţa (cu gen.) peste drum de;

we live opposite them locuim peste drum de ei.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Mr. Latimer seated himself opposite to me and we started off through Charing Cross and up the Shaftesbury Avenue.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now let’s turn to your closest relationship in love or business, which will be your priority on the January 24 new moon in your opposite sign of Aquarius at four degrees.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

The cloth was only laid for us two; but Agnes was waiting in the drawing-room before dinner, went down with her father, and sat opposite to him at table.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The door opposite mine I tried, but found it locked.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Well, sir, there’s the box-room opposite.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The doors of the two rooms were just opposite each other.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

No, it was not to be supposed that Lady Russell would perceive him till they were nearly opposite.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

“Why, that!” said I, pointing to a picture which hung opposite to me.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This was praise, of all others most extraordinary, most opposite to her ideas.