Difference between revisions of "Way"
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[[File:Milky_Way_IR_Spitzer.jpg|thumb|Milky Way]] | [[File:Milky_Way_IR_Spitzer.jpg|thumb|Milky Way]] | ||
(Here ''way'' is a very informal equivalent of ''much'' or ''far''...) | (Here ''way'' is a very informal equivalent of ''much'' or ''far''...) | ||
| − | *That's way too much work. | + | *That's ''way'' too much work. |
| − | *That's way too big. | + | *That's ''way'' too big. |
==No way!== | ==No way!== | ||
Revision as of 17:27, 11 April 2020
When I had journeyed half of our life's way
I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray.
Dante, Inferno
Path
- Which way should we go to get back to the hotel?
- I got some bread on the way back home.
- I'm on my way.
- highway, motorway, tollway,
- skyway, freeway, etc.
Method
- That's not the way I do it. cf. That's not how I do it.
- What's the best way to keep bugs from eating your tomatoes?
Manner
- That's no way to speak to your (mother) / (father) / (boss) / (employees)!
- The way (that) she talks, you would think (that) she was the boss.
- That's just the way (that) things have always been done.
Degree Modifier
(Here way is a very informal equivalent of much or far...)
- That's way too much work.
- That's way too big.
No way!
- -- No way! C'est pas vrai!
-- Way. Si, si.
No way! also means pas question!
