on the way

en route, à venir

Indique que quelqu’un ou quelque chose va arriver bientôt, ou qu’un événement va bientôt se produire.

En anglais simple : If someone or something is coming, they will arrive or happen soon.

• Help is on the way.
• They have another baby on the way.
• A big storm was on the way.

Comment l'utiliser : be on the way (An ambulance is on the way.)

Synonymes : coming, approaching

Expressions courantes : help on the way, baby on the way

en route, en chemin

Avoir commencé un trajet pour se rendre quelque part.

En anglais simple : If you are travelling towards a place, you have started your journey there.

• We are on the way home.
• He was on his way to the station.
• Are you on the way to the office?

Comment l'utiliser : be on the way to somewhere (We are on the way to the airport.); be on someone's way to somewhere (She is on her way to school.)

Synonymes : heading to, travelling to, bound for

Expressions courantes : on the way home, on the way there, on the way back

en chemin, en route

Pendant qu’on se déplace d’un endroit à un autre.

En anglais simple : During the time you spend travelling from one place to another.

• I bought milk on the way home.
• We talked about school on the way there.
• Did you see any deer on the way?

Comment l'utiliser : do something on the way to somewhere (We bought lunch on the way to the park.)

Synonymes : during the journey, en route

Expressions courantes : on the way home, on the way back

sur le chemin, sur la route

Se trouver sur le trajet prévu, sans nécessiter de détour.

En anglais simple : A place along your planned route that you can reach without travelling in another direction.

• The shop is on the way home.
• Her house was on our way to the beach.
• Is the bank on the way to your office?

Comment l'utiliser : be on the way to somewhere (The supermarket is on the way to the station.)

Synonymes : along the route

Expressions courantes : on the way home, on the way back