else

他の

すでに述べた人や物とは別の、またはそれに追加されるもの。

やさしい英語で： Other than the person or thing already mentioned, or additional to them.

• Ask someone else.
• Would you like anything else?
• Who else came to the party?

使い方： someone/something else (Ask someone else for help.); question word + else (Where else could we look?)

類義語： other, additional

よく使う表現： someone else, anything else, who else, something else

そうでなければ

「or else」で、前に述べたことが成立しない場合の結果を示す。

やさしい英語で： Used after or to introduce what happens if the previous statement or action is not true.

• Hurry, or else we will be late.
• It must be locked, or else the door would open.
• Save your work, or else you could lose it.

使い方： clause + or else + clause (Take a coat, or else you will get cold.)

類義語： otherwise

よく使う表現： or else, leave or else

さもないと、そうでなければ

これが起こらなければ、別の結果になることを表す。

やさしい英語で： If this does not happen, a different result will follow.

• Hurry up, or else we will miss the bus.
• Keep the receipt, or else you cannot return it.
• Wear a coat, or else you will get cold.

類義語： otherwise

よく使う表現： or else, else fail

さもないと

「or else」で、指示に従わなければ悪いことが起きると脅す。

やさしい英語で： Used after or to warn that something bad will happen unless someone does what you say.

• Be quiet, or else!
• He told us to leave immediately, or else.
• You had better pay me today, or else!

使い方： command + or else (Give it back, or else!)

よく使う表現： or else, stop or else

そうでなければ、さもないと

前の内容が正しくない場合や守られない場合に起こることを示す。

やさしい英語で： This introduces what would happen if the previous statement were not true or followed.

• The door must be open, else we cannot enter.
• She knew the answer, else she would have stayed silent.
• The figures must be wrong, else our costs have doubled.

類義語： otherwise, or

よく使う表現： else it would, else we cannot

他の、別の

すでに述べたものとは別の人や物、または追加の人や物を指す。

やさしい英語で： This shows that you mean a different or additional person or thing.

• Would you like anything else?
• Someone else answered the phone.
• What else did you buy?

使い方： someone/something else (Someone else has taken my seat.)

類義語： other

よく使う表現： someone else, something else, what else, anything else