Sit down to read and the flywheel of work-related thoughts keeps spinning—or else you're so exhausted that a challenging book's the last thing you need.(坐下來閱讀時，與工作相關的思緒像飛輪一樣不停地旋轉——也許你實在是筋疲力盡，最不需要的就是一本有挑戰性的書。)

He either forgot or else decided not to come.(他或許忘了，或許決定不來。)

Evidently no lessons have been learned or else the government would not have handled the problem so badly.(顯然沒有吸取教訓，否則政府不會把這個問題處理得如此糟糕。)

Make only enough to fill one large tumbler—or else you'll be packing away too many calories in one sitting.(做只夠裝一大平底玻璃杯的份量——否則你一次就餐會攝入太多的卡路里。)

Or else they leave you with all five.(或者他們把五個都留給你。)

He is not mad, or else Dostoevsky is.(他沒有瘋，要不然，就是陀思妥耶夫斯基瘋了。)

The hot and wet weather in the south makes southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day, or else the food may go bad.(南方炎熱潮濕的天氣使得南方人買的食物只夠吃一頓或一天，否則食物可能會變質。)

The occupants of the rooms are yawning, or else scratching themselves.(房間里的人在打哈欠，或者在替自己搔癢。)

Put that down or else I'll smack you.(把它放下，不然我就揍你。)

This time we really need to succeed or else people will start giving us funny looks.(這次我們真地得要成功，否則人們會開始用奇怪的眼光看我們。)