İşe gitmek yerine bütün gün evde kaldım.
- I stayed at home all day instead of going to work.
Televizyon seyretmek yerine, dışarıya çıkıp biraz temiz hava al.
- Go out and breathe some fresh air instead of watching TV.
Onun yerine, erkek kardeşim tutuklandı.
- Instead of him, my brother was arrested.
Tom onun yerine Mary'nin terfi alması gerçeğine kızdı.
- Tom resented the fact that Mary got the promotion instead of him.
Onun yerine toplantıya katıldım.
- I attended the meeting in place of him.
Paul babasının yerine partiye gitti.
- Paul went to the party in place of his father.
He walked to school instead of taking the car.
Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
- Instead of cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
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