mot Anglais:

towards him

Waiting for too long for a late guest is a lack of consideration towards those guests who are present.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

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It's geared pretty much towards real fighting isn't it? Apart from the eyes, crotch, and attacks against fallen opponents just about anything goes ...

Learning lessons from Europe, Japan has to switch its economic-oriented policy to a consumer-conscious one, in order to cope with the coming unprecedented aging society towards the 21st century.

German punctuation is pedantic, English punctuation is chaotic, and for Esperanto Dr. Zamenhof suggested we look towards our mother tongue as a guideline. Go figure!

If you sleep on your back it's easier for your upper airway to be obstructed because your tongue, uvula, etc. slip towards the back of your throat.

If one were to use the pronoun "one" it would go a long way towards relieving the inconvenience of not having a gender-neutral pronoun in English.

The guard's truncheon hit air. Off balance, he regained his posture to see a metal-mesh rubbish bin flying towards him.

The superior man is affected towards animals: having seen them alive, he cannot bear to see them die; having heard their cries, he cannot bear to eat their flesh.

If you see a group of children coming towards you, ignore them completely and walk quickly to an area where there are plenty of other people.

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against the wall

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

All the soldiers were called out by the king to defend the castle against all opposition.

Every time I join a new game of Warcraft, I am pitted against a new team of adversaries.

Against my advice, he fed his dog some raw pork.

Don't discriminate against people based on nationality, gender, or occupation.

Our city's transport problems are minor when measured against capitals like London and New York.

The man put the gun against his forehead and squeezed the trigger.

He clinched the election when he came out against a tax increase.

A poor school record will count against you when you look for a job.

How long can we hold out against the superior enemy attacks?

There are many arguments against smoking cigarettes. Smoking in public places is against the law.

The dollar was devalued against the Japanese currency from 360 yen to 308 yen.

I want to study abroad, even if my parents are against it.

It turned out that the cards were stacked against her from the beginning of the game.