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Gérard
I can't remember where.  ..you have written somewhere that one of the meaning of way is "far"

 way too heavy; way down the road.

I never use it and I wanted to find expressions.
Thanks for that.

Hi Muriel,

MurielB a écrit:Gérard
I can't remember where.  ..you have written somewhere that one of the meaning of way is "far"

 way too heavy; way down the road.

I never use it and I wanted to find expressions.
Thanks for that.

I prolly wrote something in "True English".

I confirm "way" is a synonym of "far" but as adverbs and used to amplify the meaning of what follows, usually an adjective.
I use "way" very often. "Way" is very used in the States nowadays; it's the equivalent to our numerous French words "trop", "vachement", "sacrément", "giga", "méga", etc.
Here's what my dictionary says:

II adverb to live way beyond one's means vivre largement au-dessus de ses moyens; we went way over budget le budget a été largement dépassé; to be way out (in
guess, estimate) [person] être loin du compte; to be way more expensive/dangerous être bien plus coûteux/dangereux; to go way beyond what is necessary aller bien
au-delà de ce qui est nécessaire; that's way out of order je trouve ça un peu fort.

4 (to a great degree, very much) bien; far better/shorter/more expensive bien mieux/plus court/plus cher; far too fast/cold bien trop vite/froid; far too much money bien trop
d'argent; far too many people bien trop de gens; far more bien plus; far above/below the average bien au-dessus/au-dessous de la moyenne; the results fell far
short of expectations les résultats étaient bien loin de ce qu'on espérait; interest rates haven't come down very far les taux d'intérêt n'ont pas beaucoup baissé;
they are far ahead of their competitors ils sont largement en tête de leurs concurrents;

You also have
Who's to blame? by E. E. Arctier

"Oh, you English-speaking people With your sieze and tease and steeple With your you and who and glue And your two and shoe and flew, Continue with your whom and tomb Gloom and plume and even rheum. Torment your little Tom and Terry With your misspelled bomb and bury

With your go and foe and dough And your sew and tow and know. Come and dumb and home and foam Torn and warn and tomb and comb, Sir and purr and fur and myrrh. And still we keep our eye and guy Our much and touch our whole and bowl Our flower and your, our coal and soul."

Grammarly.com a l'air d'être un site très intéressant. Encore une fois, dommage que ce soit payant.

Their Grammar Coach is very sophisticated.

I'd like to use this website, unfortunately since I am a student, I don't have enough money and cannot afford to spend money on this...

Hi Ajie62,
Do you really need such a sophisticated tool? It was designed for professionals.
When we learn a language it's a good exercise to learn the rules, memorise, understand and play with the language.

Now there are other web sites providing free and helpful resources.

My use of this Grammarly.com website is just to pick up funny (or not) pictures, sayings... through them, we can feel the American culture.
However these items are designed for natives, not for learners.

There is a bug with the pictures in my browser. Do everyone get the same ?

EDIT : It is only with the first ones, it seems.

Do everyone get the same ?

Hi Thundewolf !
For me it's the same. Some pictures have disappeared and there's a little cross instead.