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"text": "Go now, or else you'll have to stay all night.",
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"word": "თუარადა"
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"word": "དེ་མིན"
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"word": "ཡང་ན"
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"pos": "conj",
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"text": "Go now, or else you'll have to stay all night.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act (please specify |act=I or II), scene ii:",
"text": "If you wil willingly remaine with me,\nYou ſhall haue honors, as your merits be:\nOr els you ſhal be forc’d with ſlauerie.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:",
"text": "He shall do this, or else I do recant / The pardon that I late pronounced here.",
"type": "quote"
}
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],
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"otherwise"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bi-ṭarīqa ʔuḵrā",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "بِطَرِيقَة أُخْرَى"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wa-ʔillā",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "وَإِلَّا"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aylapes",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "այլապես"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻe čʻē",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "թե չէ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "əks təqdirdə"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "yoxsa"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "ya da"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yàobùrán",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "要不然"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yàobù",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "要不"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùrán",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "不然"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "否則"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǒuzé",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "否则"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "ellers"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "või muidu"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "vastasel juhul"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "tai muuten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "muutoin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "sinon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "autrement"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tuarada",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "თუარადა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "torem",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "თორემ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "sonst"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "anders"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "andernfalls"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "eidállos",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "ειδάλλως"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ei dè mḗ ge",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "εἰ δὲ μή γε"
},
{
"code": "he",
"english": "o she",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "אוֹ שֶׁ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "való",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "וָלֹא"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "aẖéret",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "אַחֶרֶת"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "varnā",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "वरना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "vagy pedig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "máskülönben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "különben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "ellenkező esetben"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "annars"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "ella"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "muites"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "too"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "altrimenti"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "se no"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sō de wa nakereba",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "そうでなければ"
},
{
"alt": "あるいは",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "arui wa",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "或いは"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "moshiku wa",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "もしくは"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "samonai to",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "さもないと"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "dena",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "دەنا"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "aliōquī"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "arba"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "nes kitaip"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "ellers"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "hvis ikke"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vagarna",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "وگرنه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "bo inaczej"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "bo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "inaczej"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "senão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "caso contrário"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "că"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "că de nu"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "(sau) altfel"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ináče",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "ина́че"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ínače",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "и́наче"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "a to",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "а то"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "also a threat",
"roman": "a ne tó",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "а не то́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v protívnom slúčaje",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "в проти́вном слу́чае"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "de lo contrario"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "annars"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "annars så"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "de min",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "དེ་མིན"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "yang na",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "ཡང་ན"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "varnā",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "ورنہ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "vagarnā",
"sense": "as an alternative",
"word": "وگرنہ"
}
],
"word": "or else"
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"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Hindi translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Ingrian translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Lithuanian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Norwegian translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
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{
"text": "Clean up your room, or else!",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "2022 June 1, Ryan Mac, “Elon Musk to Workers: Spend 40 Hours in the Office, or Else”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
"text": "Elon Musk to Workers: Spend 40 Hours in the Office, or Else [title]",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "2024 March 9, Jacob Bernstein, “A Former Trump Aide Becomes a Liberal Favorite”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
"text": "Joy Behar, who has called the MAGA movement a cult, poked her head into the room and demonstrated how invested she was in Ms. Farah Griffin’s success by offering some advice aimed squarely at me: “Be nice — or else.”",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "of anders"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "tai muuten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "muutoin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "ou ça va barder"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"roman": "akkor baj lesz",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "mert ha nem"
},
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"code": "hu",
"english": "and other combinations of the two phrases",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"roman": "megnézheted magad",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "(mert) különben"
},
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "kalau tidak"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "bo inaczej"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "senão"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "o verás"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
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"future",
"indicative"
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"word": "o ya [ver]"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "annars"
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"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "varnā",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "ورنہ"
},
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"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "vagarnā",
"sense": "implies an unspecified threat",
"word": "وگرنہ"
}
],
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}
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