YOUR ESL TEACHER ANOTHER OR THE OTHER
BACK TO WHICH WORD?

another / other
UPDATED: OCT 2021
MEANING:

another = one more or more
the other = a different one
EXAMPLES:

another


  1. Oh, waiter.  Could I have another beer, please?
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  2. I need to buy another car - one for me and one for my wife.

  3. Another day, another dollar.

  4. I need to make more money. I need another job.

the other


  1. Oh, waiter.  Do you have other brands of beer besides Budweiser?​

  2. The other day, when I was at the Miami Airport, I saw your Brother.

  3. Hand me the pen, please.    No not that one; the other one.

  4. Do you see that guy walking ahead of us?    
    The one wearing a hat?  
    No, the other one, who is not wearing a hat.

  5. This blue car is expensive.    The other blue car is much less expensive.