Значение идиомы on the contrary

[on the contrary] {adv. phr.} Exactly the opposite; rather;instead.

The principal thought that the children went to the zoo;on the contrary, they went to the bakery.

«You don’t likefootball, do you?» «On the contrary, I like it very much.»

Compare:TO THE CONTRARY.



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Значение идиомы on the contrary