Als / Than Extremist Inkompetent / Incompetent Kompetent / Competent Lieber / Rather Mäßig / Moderate Würde / Would
Soon, I knew that I would become a chemist, rather than a composer.
I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.
I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.
I would rather make my name than inherit it.
I do not wish to produce prose that draws attention to itself, rather than the world it describes.
U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined.
For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not.