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Adverb Thing Result Choice Change Behaviour Reached Glass

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If you do not do something, but do something else instead, you do the second thing and not the first thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour .
He reached for the glass but did not drink, pushed it, instead, across the table towards Joanna.
The kitchen might have been workable had Nicola kept it tidy; instead it was littered with pots and pans.
I decided to forget about dieting all the time and eat normally instead.
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