•Is it Tuesday or Wednesday today?今天是星期二还是星期三？

•You can pay now or when you come back to pick up the paint.你可以现在付款，也可以等你回来取油漆时再付。

•Are you listening to me or not ?你有没有在听我说话？

•The patent was granted in (either) 1962 or 1963 - I can't quite remember which.该专利是在1962年或1963年授予的——我记不清是哪一年了。

•It doesn't matter whether you win or lose - it's taking part that's important.输赢没有关系——志在参与。

•There were ten or twelve (= approximately that number of) people in the room.房间里有10个或12个人。

•He was only joking - or was he (= but it is possible that he was not) ?他只是在开玩笑——或许他不是？

•The child never smiles or laughs.这孩子从不微笑，也不大笑。

•You should eat more, or you'll make yourself ill.你应该多吃点，否则你会生病的。

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•Rosalind, or Roz to her friends, took the initiative.罗莎琳德，她的朋友们叫她罗兹，首先采取了行动。

•Things have been going quite well recently. Or they were, up until two days ago.近来事情一直进展得很顺利。或者说，直到两天以前还一直很顺利。

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•Extra pay or no extra pay, I'm not going to work late again tonight.不管有没有加班费，今晚我都不打算再工作到很晚。

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•They raised two hundred pounds or so for charity.他们为慈善事业募集了大约200英镑。

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•I'll be with you in a minute or two.我过一两分钟就到。

•It's a good year or two since we last met.从我们上次见面以来已有一年多了。