Communication

no way

firm refusal

Used to strongly refuse an offer, suggestion, or request.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Why don't you ask him for a favour?

No way - he'd take it the wrong way.

Play the conversation

No way am I paying that much for a sandwich.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: No way I am paying that much.

Say: No way am I paying that much.

When “no way” introduces a clause for emphatic refusal, use subject-auxiliary inversion.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

No way!; no way am I going to do something

Your turn: say it out loud

No way am I paying that much for a sandwich.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

no way

firm refusal

“No way am I paying that much for a sandwich.”

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