The adjective ‘other‘ means:
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a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about.
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the second of a specified or implied group of two.
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those remaining in a group or those not already mentioned.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:
After a while, I thought that it was better to move to the other house.
Korean, Female, Level 5, Writing Class
TLC SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE:
Actually, we also have the other side of the coin.
Male, Mexico, C1
EXPERT EXAMPLES:
Now, what are some of the other advantages?
The other use of English which is very common in Germany is the attempt to incorporate English words into German grammar.
Here’s a set phrase without the following noun at B2 in the English Vocabulary Profile:
Every month, one after the other, like clockwork.
An iWeb search for:
. the other _N
*full stop to avoid prepositional phrases
1 . THE OTHER THING 9268
2 . THE OTHER DAY 5434
3 . THE OTHER HALF 4066
4 . THE OTHER SIDE 4025
‘the other side of the‘ is the 13th most frequent 5-word Ngram in English,
iWeb 92,031
5 . THE OTHER OPTION 3488
6 . THE OTHER WAY 2284
7 . THE OTHER REASON 2038
8 . THE OTHER PART 2002
9 . THE OTHER PROBLEM 1923
10 . THE OTHER END 1717
11 . THE OTHER ISSUE 1650
12 . THE OTHER PERSON 1001
13 . THE OTHER TYPE 954
14 . THE OTHER GROUP 931
15 . THE OTHER NIGHT 911
16 . THE OTHER MEMBERS 794
17 . THE OTHER ADVANTAGE 762
18 . THE OTHER OPTIONS 747
19 . THE OTHER PLAYERS 674
20 . THE OTHER TEAM 671
21 . THE OTHER MAN 647
22 . THE OTHER GUY 638
23 . THE OTHER BENEFIT 604
24 . THE OTHER FACTOR 586
25 . THE OTHER METHOD 552
26 . THE OTHER POSSIBILITY 541
27 . THE OTHER ONES 530
28 . THE OTHER GUYS 488
29 . THE OTHER POINT 441
30 . THE OTHER PARTY 436
31 . THE OTHER CHILDREN 426
32 . THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE 413
33 . THE OTHER DRIVER 405
34 . THE OTHER PEOPLE 400
35 . THE OTHER ASPECT 366
36 . THE OTHER STUFF 362
37 . THE OTHER PARTS 352
38 . THE OTHER KIDS 342
39 . THE OTHER PLAYER 338
40 . THE OTHER TIME 337
41 . THE OTHER DIFFERENCE 329
42 . THE OTHER STUDENTS 329
43 . THE OTHER GIRLS 319
44 . THE OTHER THINGS 319
45 . THE OTHER PIECE 317
46 . THE OTHER KIND 315
47 . THE OTHER QUESTION 314
48 . THE OTHER WOMAN 297
49 . THE OTHER CHARACTERS 285
50 . THE OTHER APPROACH 264
51 . THE OTHER MEN 257
52 . THE OTHER 50% 255
53 . THE OTHER AREA 246
54 . THE OTHER DOWNSIDE 246
55 . THE OTHER GIRL 246
56 . THE OTHER TEAMS 244
57 . THE OTHER FEATURES 239
58 . THE OTHER ITEMS 233
59 . THE OTHER VERSION 229
60 . THE OTHER 10% 223
61 . THE OTHER SET 223
62 . THE OTHER SOLUTION 220
63 . THE OTHER CHOICE 217
64 . THE OTHER 20% 209
65 . THE OTHER WEEK 206
66 . THE OTHER FACTORS 203
67 . THE OTHER TYPES 202
68 . THE OTHER INGREDIENTS 200
69 . THE OTHER FEATURE 196
70 . THE OTHER WOMEN 190
71 . THE OTHER TIMES 189
72 . THE OTHER BOYS 186
73 . THE OTHER CONCERN 184
74 . THE OTHER HAND 183
75 . THE OTHER CHALLENGE 175
76 . THE OTHER ELEMENTS 170
77 . THE OTHER COMPONENTS 169
78 . THE OTHER PARENT 166
79 . THE OTHER CONSIDERATION 164
80 . THE OTHER COMPANY 159
81 . THE OTHER DAYS 159
82 . THE OTHER FORM 157
83 . THE OTHER COMPANIES 156
84 . THE OTHER CASE 155
85 . THE OTHER ELEMENT 151
86 . THE OTHER IDEA 150
87 . THE OTHER COUNTRIES 146
88 . THE OTHER CAR 142
89 . THE OTHER SCHOOL 142
90 . THE OTHER ITEM 141
91 . THE OTHER AREAS 140
92 . THE OTHER GUESTS 138
93 . THE OTHER COMPONENT 136
94 . THE OTHER GROUPS 134
95 . THE OTHER PAIR 133
96 . THE OTHER PLACE 132
97 . THE OTHER PRODUCTS 132
98 . THE OTHER SECTIONS 131
99 . THE OTHER LINE 129
100 . THE OTHER CHANGE 128
A2 vocabulary:
area, areas, case, companies, company, difference, form, guests, guy, guys, idea, line,
members, piece, point, reason, set, side, team, teams, type, types, way
B1: advantage, approach, benefit, challenge, characters, choice, ingredients, issue, item, items,
kids, method, option, options, possibility, products, sections, solution, stuff