À la place de ; plutôt qu'autre chose.
In place of; rather than something else.
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Prends le bus au lieu d'un taxi. — Take the bus instead of a taxi.
Elle m'a écrit au lieu d'appeler. — She wrote to me instead of calling.
Au lieu de se plaindre, il a réparé la fuite lui-même. — Instead of complaining, he fixed the leak himself.
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