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*That's way too much work.  
 
*That's way too much work.  
 
*That's way too big.
 
*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! <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>
 
'''No way!''' also means <span style="color:#306;font-size:75%;font-style:italic">pas question!</span>
 
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Revision as of 16:08, 11 April 2020

Chicago skyway. Library of Congress photo

Path

  • 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!