Difference between revisions of "Way"
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[[File:Milky_Way_IR_Spitzer.jpg|thumb|left|Milky Way]] | [[File:Milky_Way_IR_Spitzer.jpg|thumb|left|Milky Way]] | ||
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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> | ||
<p style="color:#227;font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"> Nel mezzo del <u>cammin</u> di nostra vita<br/> | <p style="color:#227;font-style:italic;font-size:80%;"> Nel mezzo del <u>cammin</u> di nostra vita<br/> | ||
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*That's just the ''way'' <span style="color:gray;">(that)</span> things have always been done. | *That's just the ''way'' <span style="color:gray;">(that)</span> things have always been done. | ||
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==Degree Modifier== | ==Degree Modifier== | ||
(Here ''way'' is a very informal equivalent of ''much'' or ''far''...) | (Here ''way'' is a very informal equivalent of ''much'' or ''far''...) | ||
Revision as of 03:49, 19 May 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
- underway: en cours
- layaway: achat à livraison différée, achat par anticipation
- breakaway: échappée, séparatiste
- runaway (n. / adj.): fugueu(r)(se), galopant
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")
