I'm so sorry that I dragged you into this.我很抱歉把你牽扯進來
drag into:強迫
She had to be dragged into seeing the dentist.
要她去牙科醫生那里看病非得生拉硬拽不可。
She felt she was being dragged into a whirlpool of emotion.
她覺得自己被卷入了感情的旋渦。
Now, instead of being the big hero,現在,我是英雄沒當成
instead of:代替;而不是 ...
I made this cake specially, with brown sugar instead of white.
我特別地以紅糖代替白糖做了這個蛋糕。
I gave him advice instead of money.
我給了他忠告,而不是錢。
Maybe I should let you pick up my father from the airport.或者我該讓你去機場接我爸
pick up:接人
The next morning, my mum came to pick me up.
第二天早上,我的媽媽來接我。