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| + | [[File:Milky_Way_IR_Spitzer.jpg|thumb|left|Milky Way]] | ||
[[File:318306pr_Chicago_Skyway_loc.jpg|thumb|left|Chicago skyway. Library of Congress photo]] | [[File:318306pr_Chicago_Skyway_loc.jpg|thumb|left|Chicago skyway. Library of Congress photo]] | ||
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 <u>path</u> 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 <u>path</u> that does not stray. <br> | ||
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==Path== | ==Path== | ||
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*Which <u>way</u> should we go to get back to the hotel? | *Which <u>way</u> should we go to get back to the hotel? | ||
*I got some bread <u>on the way back</u> home. | *I got some bread <u>on the way back</u> home. | ||
*I'm <u>on my way</u>. | *I'm <u>on my way</u>. | ||
| − | **highway, motorway, tollway, | + | ***highway, motorway, tollway, |
| − | **skyway, freeway, etc. | + | ***skyway, freeway, etc. |
==Method== | ==Method== | ||
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==Degree Modifier== | ==Degree Modifier== | ||
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(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. | ||
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==Derived words== | ==Derived words== | ||
*[[Particles#away|away]]: ''particule qui décrit un <span style="color:#995">éloignement</span>'' | *[[Particles#away|away]]: ''particule qui décrit un <span style="color:#995">éloignement</span>'' | ||
| + | *breakaway: ''échappée'', ''séparatiste'' | ||
| + | *castaway: someone taken by the sea, stranded on an island | ||
| + | *layaway: ''achat à livraison différée'', ''achat par anticipation'' | ||
| + | *railway: ''chemin de fer'' | ||
| + | *runaway (n. / adj.): ''fugueu(r)(se)'', ''galopant'' | ||
| + | *runway: ''piste'' | ||
*underway: ''en cours'' | *underway: ''en cours'' | ||
| − | * | + | *the [https://web.archive.org/ wayback machine] is run by the Internet Archive |
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==Expressions / idioms== | ==Expressions / idioms== | ||
| − | *"She tapped Mrs. Delacroix on the arm as a farewell and began to ''make her way through'' the crowd." (Shirley Jackson, "The Lottery | + | *"She tapped Mrs. Delacroix on the arm as a farewell and began to ''make her way through'' the crowd." (Shirley Jackson, "[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery The Lottery] (1948), ''New Yorker'' [https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-authors-voice/a-m-homes-reads-shirley-jackson-the-lottery podcast] (2008, republished in 2020)) |
[[category:100-en]] | [[category:100-en]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:36, 14 September 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
Contents
[hide]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!
Derived words
- away: particule qui décrit un éloignement
- breakaway: échappée, séparatiste
- castaway: someone taken by the sea, stranded on an island
- layaway: achat à livraison différée, achat par anticipation
- railway: chemin de fer
- runaway (n. / adj.): fugueu(r)(se), galopant
- runway: piste
- underway: en cours
- the wayback machine is run by the Internet Archive
Expressions / idioms
- "She tapped Mrs. Delacroix on the arm as a farewell and began to make her way through the crowd." (Shirley Jackson, "The Lottery (1948), New Yorker podcast (2008, republished in 2020))
