Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 79. The noun phrase today is
dead end. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. We actually have two meanings
today. Let's look at the first one. So a dead end is a situation that does not
offer any good possibilities of progress or development, especially with jobs. So
this one could be said two ways. You could say that job is a dead end or we
could say somebody has a dead end job. Where the whole thing becomes like a
noun phrase. Or you can almost think of as dead end becomes like an adjective
phrase here. But it's very, very common. You know a dead end job of course. That's
the type of a job like if you worked in a factory or some sort of job like that
where it has very little to no chance of future promotions or advancements and
you get stuck in that sort of job for the rest of your life. So that's what we
mean by a dead-end job. Okay. So let's take a look at the second meaning of
dead end here. A dead end is a road that has no exit. So you can kind of see
with the idea of what that we got for the job actually came from the road. I
think the road was first. You must make a u-turn in order to get out. So if you
actually drive down a dead-end, there's no exit down there. So you have to turn
the car completely round and come back out. Okay. It's good to note this too. In a
housing complex it's sometimes given the nicer fancy name of cul-de-sac. Yeah. They
do this for a couple of reasons. One it sounds like a lot cooler name. When you selling
somebody a house you know, you don't know you live in a dead end. It kind of
sounds a little negative, but cul-de-sac sounds kind of cool. It sounds like
a you know a nice French name. Oh you live in a cul-de-sac . Whoa ! Higher class or
something like that. And actually a lot of people do like that sometimes because
not, not as much traffic goes through it. Because it's a dead end the only people
that commonly or usually drive down it would be people that live on that street.
So you don't have too much traffic that's driving through your
street. So some people think that's a benefit and they might be willing to may
add a little value to the houses that live... that are on that street. All right.
Let's go on. All right. We have a number of examples that cover all of this now. So
let's take a look at the first one here. You need to learn some new skills or you
will always be stuck in a dead-end job. Yeah. That's the way it's often said. You know,
you might find somebody out of that that's a dead-end job you got to get out
of that. You need to advance. Okay. So let's look at number two. Working in a
factory or a convenience store as a clerk is a dead end.
So you could say it that way too. You could say the job is a dead end. It's got nowhere
to go, very little chance for promotion or advancement. You know, you might get a
little raise but it's it's you know hardly anything. You need to find a job
in a company that you will have a real chance to advance in. You know to move
ahead. To move up. Okay. Good. Okay. Let's look at number three. They were unable to
reach an agreement. Their negotiations just came to a dead end. So here we're
using dead end and it's not about a job. So negotiations could come to a dead end.
So they didn't advance. Maybe they have to give up for now. Maybe try in another
year or two years. But the negotiations came to a dead and they could not work
out a deal. Okay. Let's look at number 4. Don't drive down that road, it leads to a
dead end. So that's the road that's a common way that we would use it. And
number 5 here. Well we're just giving you one with the cul-de-sac. So some people
who live in housing complexes sometimes like to live in a cul-de-sac because
they feel it is more private. Okay. Good. I hope you got it I hope it's clear. Thank you
for your time. Bye-bye.