dead-end

dead-end englannista suomeksi

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dead-end englanniksi

1. Going nowhere; blocked.

''a dead-end street''

''a dead-end job''

2. (quote-book)|page=124|text=... as it approached Platform 9 at Moorgate, the train, which ought to have been going at 15 miles an hour, was travelling at 35 m.p.h., and apparently accelerating. It smashed into the head wall of the 60-foot dead-end tunnel because, as we have seen, the Metropolitan's plans to extend the line south had come to nothing.

3. To come to a dead-end.

''Watch out! The road dead-ends in 200 yards and there's nowhere to turn around!''

4. A road with no exit.

''We turned into the street and realised it was a dead-end.''

5. A position that offers no hope of progress.

''Mary realised her relationship with Jim had hit a dead-end.''