Collocations for "else"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "else" in context.
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else
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- do you [need, want] anything else?
- can I help you with anything else?
- what else [can, could] we do?
- who else [came, went, accepted]?
- there's nobody else [here, in the office, for the job]
- would like to [try, use, watch] something else
- wanted to [be, stay, go] somewhere else
- would like to [be with, talk to] somebody else
- somebody else's [money, phone, possessions]
- how else can we [respond, act, learn]?
- where else can I [find, read, go]?
- [tidy up, do your homework] or else!
- or else I'll [hit, punish, leave] you!
- need some [time, peace] or else I won't (finish)
'else' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
above
- all
- altogether
- anything
- anywhere
- apart
- blame
- blow
- capable
- conform
- confuse
- entirely
- everywhere
- exchange
- heap
- leg
- like
- mean
- mistake
- need
- neither
- nothing
- nowhere
- outweigh
- pale
- pants
- pay
- priority
- rather
- say
- scarcely
- shoe
- sod
- someone
- something
- somewhere
- spoil
- sport
- steal
- superior
- switch
- top
- unlike
- view
- whatever