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58 PHRASE You use in the way of or by way of in order to specify the kind of thing you are talking about. □  Latvia is a country without much in the way of natural resources. □  Meetings held today produced little in the way of an agreement. □  The man with whom she maintains a relationship provides nothing by way of support.

59 PHRASE If you are on your way , you have started your journey somewhere. □  He has been allowed to leave the country and is on his way to Britain. □  By sunrise tomorrow we'll be on our way.

60 PHRASE If something happens on the way or along the way , it happens during the course of a particular event or process. □  You may have to learn a few new skills along the way.

61 PHRASE If you are on your way or well on your way to something, you have made so much progress that you are almost certain to achieve that thing. □  I am now out of hospital and well on the way to recovery.

62 PHRASE If something is on the way , it will arrive soon. □  The forecasters say more snow is on the way. □  She is married with twin sons and a third child on the way.

63 PHRASE You can use one way or another or one way or the other when you want to say that something definitely happens, but without giving any details about how it happens. [VAGUENESS ] □  You know pretty well everyone here, one way or the other.

64 PHRASE You use one way or the other or one way or another to refer to two possible decisions or conclusions that have previously been mentioned, without stating which one is reached or preferred. □  We've got to make our decision one way or the other. □  I didn't really care one way or another.

65 PHRASE You use the other way around or the other way round to refer to the opposite of what you have just said. □  You'd think you were the one who did me the favor, and not the other way around.

66 PHRASE If something or someone is on the way out or on their way out , they are likely to disappear or to be replaced very soon. □  The British seaside holiday is apparently on the way out.

67 PHRASE If you go out of your way to do something, for example to help someone, you make a special effort to do it. □  He was very kind to me and seemed to go out of his way to help me.

68 PHRASE If you keep out of someone's way or stay out of their way , you avoid them or do not get involved with them. □  I'd kept out of his way as much as I could. □  He warned the army to stay out of the way of the relief effort.

69 PHRASE When something is out of the way , it has finished or you have dealt with it, so that it is no longer a problem or needs no more time spent on it. □  The plan has to remain confidential at least until the local elections are out of the way.

70 PHRASE If you go your own way , you do what you want rather than what everyone else does or expects. □  In school I was a loner. I went my own way.

71 PHRASE You use in the same way to introduce a situation that you are comparing with one that you have just mentioned, because there is a strong similarity between them. □  My parents are together and, if anything, closer than ever. In the same way, I also feel closer to both of them.

72 PHRASE You can use that way and this way to refer to a statement or comment that you have just made. □  Some of us have habits few people know about and we keep it this way. □  We have a beautiful city and we pray it stays that way.