Rather
Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
Take
Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.
Both words in one sentence
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This comes true when Fireheart and Graystripe head home — rather than taking the long way around RiverClan territory to get home like they're supposed to, they take a shortcut through it.
Source: Red Sky, Take Warning -
Instead, The Last Man are the masses who are content with Britannian policies and prefer to live in slavery rather than take action. E.g.
Source: Übermensch - Kikyou's "desire to see inuyasha" seems more like a retconn on Rumiko Takakhashi's part rather than an actual desire on the part of the character, considering her last wish was to take the jewel from Inuyasha's "evil" hands and she specifically wished to never see him again.
Source: Fantastic Romance
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