She scanned the crowd on the off chance of seeing someone she knew.

她扫视着人群，抱着一线希望看是否有熟人。

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I didn't think you'd be at home but I just called by on the off chance.

我想你不会在家，只是碰碰运气顺路来看一下。

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I called in at the office on the off chance that you would still be there.

我打电话给办公室，想看看你是否可能还在那里。

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This was it. What could be an impossible effort in the history of spaceflight was ready to lift off on its final chance for success.

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"There's always the off chance you get someone who is interested in that, " he says.

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On the off chance you were going to get them the same thing for Hanukkah or Christmas, just get them something else instead.

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Why do I habitually pop into random liquor stores to see if, on the off chance, they have my favorite rare bottle collecting dust somewhere?

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