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。