Sentence examples of "more or less" in English
Everyone more or less likes showing off in public.
A todos les gusta presumir en público, aunque sea un poco.
Tom can walk to his office in thirty minutes or less.
Tom puede llegar caminando hasta su oficina en treinta minutos o menos.
When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said, it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.
Cuando uso una palabra, dijo Humpty Dumpty, significa justo lo que quiero que signifique - ni más ni menos.
"But three million is all I have," Dima said. "No more, no less."
- Pero tres millones es todo lo que tengo -dijo Dima-. Nada más y nada menos.
You have one mouth and two ears, so listen more and speak less.
Tenés una boca y dos orejas, así que escuchá más y hablá menos.
You should spend more time outside and less time inside.
Deberías pasar más tiempo fuera y menos tiempo dentro.
They say that eating more slowly is one way to eat less.
Dicen que comer más despacio es un modo de comer menos.
The more time you spend talking about what you do, the less time you have to do it.
Cuanto más tiempo pases hablando sobre lo que hay que hacer, menos tiempo tendrás para hacerlo.
Speaking the same language in between several cultures sometimes is a source of more confusion than to speak different languages, since we are less aware of the different meanings that the same words can entail.
Hablar el mismo idioma entre varias culturas es a veces una causa de más confusión que hablar idiomas diferentes, ya que estamos menos conscientes de los diferentes significados que pueden acarrear las mismas palabras.
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