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Meanings of or else in English

Portuguese
ao invés de
Spanish
alternativamente

In place of, or as an alternative to.

ao invés de

If that is not the case.

Usage of or else in English
1
So either he has a second apartment or else he bought new.
Four to score
2
That is the usual trouble; or else Connaught men on the raid.
A Sea Queen's Sailing
3
You should be sure, or else we'll have to help you remember.
The hangman's daughter
4
Either she walked off, or else she started talking about something different.
Never let me go
5
The message was that state schools had to catch up, or else.
The Guardian
6
Let your chosen champions enter the circle or else forfeit the trial.
Changes
7
Author had the choice of taking Body Building or else no diploma.
The new yorker
8
Therefore, either Deborah had made a huge and uncharacteristic mistake, or else-
Double Dexter
9
We lost Zorain in the fight yesterday, or else there'd be fourteen.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
10
Then the old vein must open wider; or else another open elsewhere.
The Ethics of the Dust
11
Probably the wind blew it out or else the oil was exhausted.
Creatures That Once Were Men
12
I thought it might be important or else I would have waited.
A vote of confidence
13
You must go one to each basket, friends, or else fear drowning.
The buried giant
14
The plays of the time seemed too trifling or else too foul.
The Greatest English Classic / A Study of the King James Version...
15
Just as surely as depends the straight or else the crooked line
Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher
16
Must be, though, or else Henry wouldn't allow them on the premises.
Anthill: a novel
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