This mini episode teaches you the very useful expression “No way!”
Episode 201 of the Everybody ESL podcast is a mini episode that teaches you the very useful expression “No way!” Send your questions about English and your suggestions for future episodes to EverybodyESL@gmail.com! (And let me know if you’d like to record the introduction to a future episode.)
Intro
“Hi, this is Atena from Iran, and you’re listening to Everybody ESL.”
Welcome to episode 201 of Everybody ESL, the podcast for everybody who wants to improve their English, practice their English, or just learn more English. My name is Ben, and I have a mini episode for you today, where I am going to teach you about one English topic. You can subscribe to the Everybody ESL podcast at Apple podcasts, on the Stitcher app, and wherever you find your podcasts. If you like Everybody ESL, leave it a good review so other people can find out about it, too. And if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for me, please send an email to everybodyESL@gmail.com. Okay! Let’s get on with this mini episode.
The episode
The expression I’m going to teach you today is very simple and very useful. The expression is “No way!” No way. That’s no: n-o, way: w-a-y. No way.
You can think of No way as a short form of “There is no way that is possible.” Or “There is no way that is true.” Or “There is no way that will happen.”
In informal situations, we use No way as a very strong denial, as a very strong way of saying, “No—that will not happen.” Or “That is not true.” Or “I will not do that.” Or “I do not believe that.” No way can mean all of those things.
Let me give you an example of a situation where somebody might say, “No way.”
Let’s say you have a friend who wants to be an actor. Your friend wants to act in movies. And one day, you get a text from this friend, and the message says, “I am going to be in a movie! The movie comes out this summer.” You might text this back to your friend: “No way!” What you are saying when you say, “No way” is “I don’t believe it” or “That news is so good I can’t believe it. It can’t be true.”
Here’s another situation where you might use No way. Let’s say you have another friend, who is a very bad driver. This friend is not good at driving a car. And this friend asks you for a favor. Your friend says, “Please, I have an important date this weekend. Can I please borrow your new car?” And you look at your friend, and you say, “No way.” In other words, “That will not happen. That cannot happen. I will not lend you my new car. There is no way that will happen.” That’s another time where you could use No way.
No way is a very quick and informal way of saying there is no way that I can believe that. Or there is no way that that will happen. There is no way that it can be true. There is no way that I will do that.
That is No way, a very useful expression that I think you should know.
Outro
We have reached the end of episode 201 of Everybody ESL. Remember, if you have questions about English, or if you have comments or suggestions about the podcast, or if you would like to record an introduction that I can use at the beginning of future episodes—the same way Atena recorded the introduction you heard at the beginning of this episode—send an email to EverybodyESL@gmail.com. I’ll be back soon with another episode. And until then, keep going, keep practicing, and keep learning. Goodbye! I’ll see you soon.