I would have just gone for jewelry instead of roasted duck.要是我就会去买珠宝 而不是烤鸭
instead of代替;而不是 ...
I made this cake specially, with brown sugar instead of white.
我特别地以红糖代替白糖做了这个蛋糕。
I gave him advice instead of money.
我给了他忠告,而不是钱。
Yeah, it's a decent amount of money.那是很大一笔钱
amount of money金额
By any yardstick, that's a large amount of money.
用任何标准衡量,那都是巨大的金额。
I try to stay away from fungus.我想远离真菌
stay away from离 ... 远点; 躲避 ...
Why did you stay away from school?
你为什么缺课?
Surly the most sensible thing would be to stay away from the case.
肯定地说,最合理的做法就是远离这个箱子。