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А ТО ( Invarcoord Conj, connective-contrastiveintroduces a clause with the verb in fut or subjunctive) used to introduce a clause indicating what will happen (would happen, or would have happened) if the order, intention etc contained in the preceding clause is not (were not, or had not been) carried outor used to introduce a clause indicating what would occur (would have occurred) if the situation in the preceding clause were (had been) different: or elseorotherwise(in limited contexts) if not.subord Conjintroduces a clause of reason) for the reason that: because(may be omitted in transl).coord Conj, disjunctive) used to indicate an alternativeor even (maybe)).coord Conj, contrastive) used to indicate that the state of affairs expressed by the statement that follows is, in the speaker's opinion, abnormal, bad, or contrary to the way it should be, whereas the state of affairs expressed by the preceding context reflects the way things should berather thaninstead (of)while insteadas it is.usu. foil. by imper or subjunctive) used to express mild inducement or an invitation to do sth. : do (+ a positive imperwhy notwhy don't you.usu. foil. by imperoften used with пожалуй) used to introduce an expression of agreement with some suggestion after an initial refusal or vacillation: (or) well, perhaps (maybe)or perhapswell, actually, maybewell, all right.who else's.