dead end (noun)

  • 81job */*/*/ — UK [dʒɒb] / US [dʒɑb] noun Word forms job : singular job plural jobs Talking or writing about jobs: general job what you do regularly to earn money, especially what you do for a particular company or person. A full time job is a job that you do… …

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  • 82question — /ˈkwɛstʃən / (say kweschuhn) noun 1. a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to elicit information. 2. a problem for discussion or under discussion; a matter for investigation: *But the question is whether core aspects… …

  • 83Part-time — A part time job is a form of employment that carries fewer hours per week than a full time job. Workers are considered to be part time if they commonly work fewer than 30 or 35 hours per week.[1] According to the International Labour Organization …

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  • 84quagmire — I noun complication, crisis, critical situation, dead end, deadlock, difficulty, dilemma, distress, emergency, entanglement, exigency, imbroglio, impasse, involvement, mess, misfortune, muddle, nonplus, perplexity, pinch, plight, predicament,… …

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  • 85gridlock — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stoppage, blockage, bottleneck, congestion. See hindrance. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. jam, entanglement, Gordian knot, obstruction, logjam, block, congestion, squeeze, clog, bottleneck, impasse …

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  • 86passage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. channel (see passage); voyage, journey; excerpt, phrase, movement, etc.; enactment, pass ing; lapse. See progression, travel, navigation, part. II Means of passing Nouns 1. (passing through) passage …

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  • 87road — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. way, path, track, passage, highway, roadway, thoroughfare, trail; anchorage. See abode. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A strip prepared for travel] Syn. path, way, highway, roadway, street, avenue,… …

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  • 88blind alley — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A course leading nowhere: cul de sac, dead end. See OPEN …

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  • 89die — die1 verb (dies, dying, died) 1》 stop living.     ↘(die out) become extinct.     ↘be forgotten. 2》 (often die away/down) become less loud or strong. 3》 informal used to emphasize strong desire, embarrassment, shock, etc.: I nearly died when I saw …

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  • 90trap — 1 noun (C) 1 FOR ANIMALS a piece of equipment for catching animals: a mouse caught in a trap | set a trap (=prepare it) see also: mousetrap 2 BAD SITUATION an unpleasant or difficult situation that is difficult to escape from: Amanda felt that… …

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