Onun yerine kart oynayalım.
- Let's play cards instead.
Tom Boston'a transfer edilecekti fakat onun yerine onu kovmaya karar verdiler.
- Tom was going to be transferred to Boston, but they decided to fire him instead.
Çocuğum Kinpira style sauteed Gobo diyemiyor, her zaman bunun yerine Pinkira style sauteed Bogo diyor.
- My child cannot say Kinpira style sauteed Gobo, he always says Pinkira style sauteed Bogo instead.
Bunun yerine okyanusa bakan bir oda istiyorum.
- I'd like a room facing the ocean instead.
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.
He was wounded grievously during the last battle; ergo, I shall go in his stead.
I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.
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