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 way<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%;border:1px; border-color:#227;">Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita | + | <p style="margin-left:5px;color:#227;font-style:italic;font-size:80%;border:1px solid; border-color:#227;">Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita<br/> |
| − | mi ritrovai per una selva oscura | + | mi ritrovai per una selva oscura<br/> |
ché la diritta via era smarrita.</p> | ché la diritta via era smarrita.</p> | ||
<span style="font-size:75%">Dante, ''Inferno''<span><br><br><br> | <span style="font-size:75%">Dante, ''Inferno''<span><br><br><br> | ||
Revision as of 20:12, 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
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!
