The leaders agreed to make the G20 the main group for their international economic cooperation, instead of the G8.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

So instead of having 20% of people's time spent on their own projects, I make people hang out with each other.

我让大家都待在一块儿,而不是将那20%的时间，用在自己的工作上。

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you make a little hole, and go in with an instrument instead of making an incision.

医生会先打开一个小孔，将仪器伸进去。而不是像以前一样做一个切口。

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Lincoln answered that he would be happy to make Seward ambassador to Britain, instead of secretary of state.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

Instead of this reversible isothermal step, Let's make it an irreversible isothermal step.

不是可逆等温过程，而是不可逆等温过程。

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Millions of Americans now use a debit card or credit card, instead of paper money or checks, to make most of their purchases.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

For example, what if you could make a hepatitis vaccine that was good in one shot instead of three shots?

比方说,如果你研制的一种肝炎疫苗,只需接种一次,而不是三次会怎么样

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Another story goes that when he was a boy playing cowboys and Indians, he shouted "bing" instead of "bang" after a make-believe gunshot.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

So if your word game doesn't work when the words are 12 letters long, instead of continuing to debug 12 letter hands see if you can make it fail on a three letter hand.

因此如果你的单词游戏当输入单词,有12个字母的时候没法运行了，看看输入三个字母的单词它,能不能正常运行吧。

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Turkey is also used instead of beef to make the traditional American hot dog.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

They make it like that, but instead of water or whatever, they put Coca-Cola into it?

他们像往常一样和面团,只不过用可口可乐取代了水

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instead of trying to make people look bad.

而不是总是让人民担心糟糕的一面。

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Somehow I've gotta get rid of the temperature and make it pressure instead.

应当用压强,来消去温度。

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