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One way and another I was having a ball - playing gigs, jamming and listening to fine musicians. Then came a crisis at home. My stepfather fell sick, and it meant I had to support the family.
Mary Lou Williams

Meaning of "one way and another" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ONE WAY AND ANOTHER

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONE WAY AND ANOTHER

one and all
one and only
one another
one by one
one false move and
one fell swoop
one foot in the grave
one for his nob
one for the road
one o´clock
one of these days
one on one
one or two
one size fits all
One Thousand Guineas
one to one
one with another
one-act play
one-acter
one-arm bandit

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONE WAY AND ANOTHER

another
Big Brother
bother
brother
each other
either
every other
grandmother
in one ear and out the other
mother
no other
none other
one another
one with another
or other
other
smoother
somehow or other
stepmother
the other
through-other

Synonyms and antonyms of one way and another in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «one way and another» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ONE WAY AND ANOTHER

Find out the translation of one way and another to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of one way and another from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «one way and another» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

单程和另一
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de una manera y otra
570 millions of speakers

English

one way and another
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक रास्ता और एक अन्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اتجاه واحد وآخر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в одну сторону , а другой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

uma forma ou de outra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক উপায় এবং অন্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dans un sens et l´autre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Satu cara dan satu lagi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ein Weg, und ein anderer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一つの方法と、別の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한 방법으로 다른
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Siji cara lan liyane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một con đường và một
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு வழி மற்றும் மற்றொரு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक मार्ग आणि दुसरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bir şekilde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

un modo o nell´altro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w jedną stronę , a inny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в одну сторону , а другий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

într-un fel și altul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ένας άλλος τρόπος και
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

een of ander manier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ett sätt och en annan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

en vei , og et annet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of one way and another

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONE WAY AND ANOTHER»

The term «one way and another» is very widely used and occupies the 6.418 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about one way and another

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QUOTES WITH «ONE WAY AND ANOTHER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word one way and another.
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Mary Lou Williams
One way and another I was having a ball - playing gigs, jamming and listening to fine musicians. Then came a crisis at home. My stepfather fell sick, and it meant I had to support the family.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONE WAY AND ANOTHER»

Discover the use of one way and another in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to one way and another and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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One Way and Another: New and Selected Essays
Collected here are nineteen pieces that have best defined his thinking - including 'On Tickling', 'On Being Bored' and 'Clutter: A Case History' - along with a selection of new writings and an introduction by Man Booker Prize winner John ...
Adam Phillips, 2013
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The Inner Way
Our dear Lord afflicts and crucifies one man in one way, and another man in another way; one more, another less, according to the needs of each, and of the power of each to receive the Grace of God, and to draw nearer to His own Will in all ...
John Tauler
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Derek Walcott
So, initially at least, it seems to validate Walcott's view of himself as a divided writer: 'I am a kind of split writer: I have one tradition inside me going in one way, and another tradition going another. The mimetic, the Narrative, and dance element ...
John Thieme, 1999
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Terrible Sociability: The Text of Manners in Laclos, Goethe, ...
... enumeration of the ways to express personal reunion recalls the challenge to Maggie's marriage represented by Charlotte and Amerigo's embrace, in the same house, perhaps in the same room, during which "one way . . . and another" were  ...
Susan Beth Winnett, 1989
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Unshadowed Thought: Representation in Thought and Language
We are prepared to recognize various differences between one way and another the world might be. Correspondingly, we would recognize various differences between statements as making for their having stated different things. Might it not  ...
Charles Travis, 2000
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Knowing God's Voice: Learn How to Hear God Above the Chaos ...
Some dramatize it, put some action to it, and that helps them get it. Others visualize the information, turning the words into mental images. Parents learn that one child will get information one way, and another child will get it another way.
Kenneth C. Ulmer, 2011
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Two Years Before the Mast
When a large piece of ice was seen in our way, or drifting near us, the word was passed along, and the ship's head turned one way and another; and sometimes the yards squared or braced up. There was little else to do than to look out; and ...
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Jr. Dana, 2000
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Echo House
You had to know what was real before you could identify the propaganda. You had to know how men talked to one another, and then you could begin to understand why one man reacted one way and another man another way to good news ...
Ward Just, 1997
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Think Like a Bird
For one way and another the odds have been against us from the moment we climbed into the overcast at Khormaksar. And there's no getting away from it; it has all been my fault. If we'd had full tip tanks we could have turned back. We are  ...
Alex Kimbell, 2004
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A brief exposition on the XII smal prophets
The great cons usion of conscience wherewith the Lord doth justly plague wicked men iu a sad day, will appear in rjuir great irresolution and incertain y whai course to take, bat one running one way, and another taking another ; for,- so is ...
George Hutcheson, 1657

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONE WAY AND ANOTHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term one way and another is used in the context of the following news items.
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The best of Britain in cricket and other sports
One way and another, it is hard to wish oneself back in 1934, when the world was an even more uncertain place than it is now. But in those ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
Grand old mess: There are many high-quality candidates in the …
One way and another, the Republicans are in a mess. The shambles are evident on Capitol Hill, despite the GOP majorities in both House and ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
Commissioners Discuss Response To Accident On White Sands Road
There are several times one guy goes one way and another goes the other because we don't know which one for sure to go to until we locate ... «Ste. Genevieve Herald, Jul 15»
4
Arsenal: Mathieu Flamini on the verge of completing Galatasaray …
In football everything can move very easily one way and another. I don't like to look back at the past. We are starting a new season and I'm ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
5
Nancy Evins: Sometimes mistakes are good
We stayed after the game an hour or so while he looked at all four hands and tried first one way and another to make that evasive extra trick. «Lebanon Democrat, Jul 15»
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a tooth and claw fight on Hampstead Heath
One way and another he served the Wigton Nelson Thomlinson Grammar School for 57 years. He is one of that small, quiet, modest army of ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Arsenal news: I can still earn new Gunners contract, says Mathieu …
“In football everything can move very easily one way and another. I don't like to look back at the past. We are starting a new season and I'm ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Darby McCarthy with Thomas Watson and Courtney Bowden at …
One way and another, not an especially uplifting few days. However there was one antidote to all this negativity. But first, back to Kyrgios. «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
9
From flicking stones to ripping googlies
I'd flick them this way and flick them that way, and begin to see how one would roll one way and another the other way, depending on what I did ... «Wisden India, Jul 15»
10
Supreme Court denies states' request for proof of voter citizenship
Typically, Kobach told the newspaper, “the Supreme Court favors reviewing decisions where one circuit has gone one way and another circuit ... «The Hill, Jul 15»

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