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Originally Posted by riverkid  I think the meaning is as described in Cambridge - Dictionaries Online, below.
1)'You'd better not touch her again;otherwise I will kill you'.
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Cambridge Dictionary http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...6123&dict=CALD
conjunction
used after an order or suggestion to show what the result will be if you do not follow that order or suggestion:
I'd better write it down, otherwise I'll forget it.
Phone home, otherwise your parents will start to worry.
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Interesting examples, but I don't think they fit the situation.
otherwise
conjunction
4.
or else; if not: Button up your overcoat, otherwise you'll catch cold.
http://dictionary.reference.com/sear...wise&x=33&y=18
Is it ever used in the negative?
You had better not touch her. Otherwise (if you don't not touch her) I'll hurt you.
More idiomatic:
You'd better not touch her. If you lay a hand on her I'll kill you.
You'd better not touch her. Stay away from her if you know what's good for you.
You'd better not touch her. Touch her and you're as good as dead.
Keep your hands off her. Put your hands on her again and you'll have me to deal with.
Stay away from her. Don't come near her again if you know what's good for you. Touch her again and I'll kill you.
You'd better not touch her. I'm not playing with you. Touch her again and I will hurt you.
~R
