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  • 31instead of — I ll have the blue instead of the yellow, please Syn: as an alternative to, as a substitute for, as a replacement for, in place of, in lieu of, in preference to; rather than, as opposed to, as against, as contrasted with, before …

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  • 32instead — adv preferably, in preference to, rather than; instead of, in lieu of, Fr. au lieu de; as a replacement for, in the place or stead of, as a substitute for, as proxy for …

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  • 33instead — adverb Syn: as an alternative, in lieu, alternatively, rather, on second thoughts; N.Amer. alternately Ant: as well Phrases: instead of …

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  • 34instead — in•stead [[t]ɪnˈstɛd[/t]] adv. 1) as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something 2) as an accepted alternative; in preference • instead of Etymology: 1175–1225 …

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  • 35instead — [13] Instead is the English end of a chain of loan translations that goes back to Latin in locō (in loan translations, the individual components of a foreign word or expression are translated into their equivalents in the borrowing language, and… …

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  • 36instead - instead of — ◊ instead Instead is an adverb. You use it when you are saying that someone does something rather than doing something else that you have just mentioned. Judy did not answer. Instead she looked out of the taxi window. Robert had a great desire to …

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  • 37Instead of Education — Instead of Education: Ways to Help People Do Things Better (E. P. Dutton Co.) is a 1976 book on educational philosophy by John Caldwell Holt (2004 edition ISBN 1591810094) …

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  • 38instead of a parent — index loco parentis Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 39Instead-Men and Can’t-Botherists — South Korean terms for a new breed of odd job helpers and their indolent employers. Writing recently for The Global Post, Jiyeon Lee reported on “one of the hottest trends in the Korean service sector these days: the instead man service.”… …

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  • 40Instead (значения) — В Викисловаре есть статья «instead» Instead: INSTEAD  программа интерпретатор для простых текстовых приключенческих игр. Instead  …

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