Difference between revisions of "Way"
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| − | When I had journeyed half of our life's way<br>I found myself within a shadowed forest,<br> for I had lost the path that does not stray. <br> | + | When I had journeyed half of our life's <u>way</u><br>I found myself within a shadowed forest,<br> for I had lost the path that does not stray. <br> |
| − | <p style="color:#227;font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"> Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita<br/> | + | <p style="color:#227;font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"> Nel mezzo del <u>cammin</u> di nostra vita<br/> |
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura<br/> | mi ritrovai per una selva oscura<br/> | ||
ché la diritta via era smarrita.</p> | ché la diritta via era smarrita.</p> | ||
Revision as of 20:15, 13 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.
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura
ché la diritta via era smarrita.
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!
