Televizyon seyretmek yerine, dışarıya çıkıp biraz temiz hava al.
- Go out and breathe some fresh air instead of watching TV.
Aptal oğlumun ne yaptığını biliyor musun? Şimdi bile o üniversiteden mezun olup iş bulmak yerine tüm zamanını pachinko oynayarak geçiriyor.
- You know what my idiot son's doing? Even now he's graduated from university he spends all his time playing pachinko instead of getting a job.
Onun yerine ablası onlarla gitti.
- Instead of her, her sister went with them.
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.
Bir sandalye yerine lütfen bu ahşap kutuyu kullan.
- Please use this wooden box in place of a chair.
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?
... instead of having movies, we're going ...
... about meeting somebody instead of the rich man's phone call it becomes ...