Sometimes, we don't need to be precise or we don't have the exact data, in these cases, we can use vague language to express things in an inexact way.
There are around 190 countries in the world | roughly | There are roughly 190 countries in the world |
I've seen 4 or 5 episodes of this TV serie | ... or so | I've seen 4 or so episodes of this TV serie |
It costs 30€ or 35€ | ... or so | It costs 30€ or so |
There are twenty to thirty students in the class | ...-odd | There are 20-odd students in the class |
I suppose she's somewhere between 50 and 60 | ...-odd | I suppose she's about 50-odd |
I usually go to bed approximately at 11 | -ish | I usually go to bed at 11-ish |
We're meeting in the office around eight | -ish | We're meeting in the office at eightish |
I suppose he must be about 50-60 | ...something | I suppose he must be 50-something |
I'll finish my work around 10 | ...thereabouts | I'll finish my at 10 or thereabouts |
There will only be around 10 people at my birthday party | ... in the region of | There will only be in the region of 10 people at my birthday party |
She will be four next month | coming up to | She's coming up to four |
The time now is 8.19 and twenty seconds | coming up to ... | It's just coming up to 8.20 |
It takes an hour and fifty-five minutes by fast train | just under... | It takes just under two hours by fast train |
There were about 60 people | somewhere in the region of.. | There were somewhere in the region of 60 people |
A smart suit will cost you about XXXX € | somewhere in the region of... | A smart suit will cost you somewhere in the region of XXXX€ |
I'd guess there were ten thousand people at the concert | something like... | There were something like ten thousand people at the concert |
There are 235 islands in Hong Kong | over | There are over 200 islands in Hong Kong |
The store is about 10 miles away | give or take | The store is 10 miles away, give or take |