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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]] | ||
+ | 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> | ||
+ | <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/> | ||
+ | ché la diritta <u>via</u> era smarrita.</p> | ||
+ | <span style="font-size:75%">Dante, ''Inferno''</span> | ||
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==Path== | ==Path== | ||
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− | *I got some | + | *Which <u>way</u> should we go to get back to the hotel? |
− | *I'm on my way. | + | *I got some bread <u>on the way back</u> home. |
− | **highway, motorway, tollway, skyway, freeway, etc. | + | *I'm <u>on my way</u>. |
+ | ***highway, motorway, tollway, | ||
+ | ***skyway, freeway, etc. | ||
==Method== | ==Method== | ||
− | *That's not the way I do it. cf. That's not ''how'' I do it. | + | *That's <u>not the way</u> I do it. <span style="color:gray;">cf. That's not ''how'' I do it.</span> |
− | *What's the best way to keep bugs from eating | + | *What's <u>the best way</u> to keep bugs from eating your tomatoes? |
==Manner== | ==Manner== | ||
− | *That's no way to speak to your (mother/father)! | + | *That's ''no way'' to speak to your (mother) / (father) / (boss) / (employees)! |
− | *The way she talks, you would think she was the boss. | + | *The ''way'' <span style="color:gray;">(that)</span> she talks, you would think <span style="color:gray;">(that)</span> she was the boss. |
+ | *That's just the ''way'' <span style="color:gray;">(that)</span> things have always been done. | ||
==Degree Modifier== | ==Degree Modifier== | ||
− | *That's way | + | (Here ''way'' is a very informal equivalent of ''much'' or ''far''...) |
− | *That's way too big. | + | *That's ''way'' too much work. |
− | *No way! | + | *That's ''way'' too big. |
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+ | ==No way!== | ||
+ | * -- No way! <span style="color:#306;font-size:75%;font-style:italic">C'est pas vrai!</span> <br /> -- Way. <span style="color:#306;font-size:75%;font-style:italic">Si, si.</span> | ||
+ | '''No way!''' also means <span style="color:#306;font-size:75%;font-style:italic">pas question!</span> | ||
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+ | ==Derived words== | ||
+ | *[[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'' | ||
+ | *the [https://web.archive.org/ wayback machine] is run by the Internet Archive | ||
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+ | ==Expressions / idioms== | ||
+ | *"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)) | ||
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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
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))