Both Uses of
alternative
in
The Color of Water
- Of course the alternative was Tateh would pull his belt off and skin you alive.
Chpt 7 *alternative = other possibility
- Over the years we assembled a stable of pets that resembled a veritable petting zoo: gerbils, mice, dogs, cats, rabbits, fish, birds, turtles, and frogs that would alternatively lick and bite us and spread mysterious diseases that zipped through our house as if it were a Third World country, prompting health clinic visits chaperoned by Ma where bored doctors slammed needles into our butts like we were on a GMC assembly line.
Chpt 8alternatively = as another possibility
Definition:
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(alternative as in: an alternative plan) something available as another possibility