The patient either survives or dies.

病人要么存活，要么死亡。

youdao

So in a sense you choose who lives or dies?

如此说来，在某种程度上，你能选择谁生谁死？

youdao

When a president retires or dies, we hire a new office boy .

当总经理退休或死亡时，我们就录用新的职工。

youdao

And if one person dies, the other person may have a difficult time claiming the couple's money or property.

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When the body breaks some more, you get the loss of biological or B-functioning, and then the body dies.

身体继续损坏，身体功能也会开始消失，肉体就死亡了。

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Such a person presumably is not feeling lonely or alienated while he dies.

这种人死去的时候显然没有感到独孤或疏远。

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When one member of the committee quits or dies, the remaining four appoint his replacement.

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You still need to plan for what happens if one of you becomes severely ill, disabled or dies.

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The next few weeks will decide whether that peace agreement lives or dies.

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