Impasse

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[im-pas, im-pas]



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–noun 

1. a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.

2. a road or way that has no outlet; cul-de-sac.





　

The problem is that even if Hitler were dead, there would be a cabinet full of crazies standing in line to take his place, and even if the cabinet were eliminated, there would still be legions of loyal Nazi soldiers goose-stepping all over Berlin. 



This impasse leaves the gray old men of the Resistance in a perpetual state of ineffective squabbling, but of course, Stauffenberg is a man of action - hence, the casting of Tom Cruise.



goose-step

【軍】正步

penitentiary

slammer

landing her in the [slammer] and Ed at the mercy of [blowhard] big-city lawyer Freddy Riedenschneider. 

grilling 

which shows them contemptuously [grilling] would-be roommates,

carcinogen

cf. incineration

incarceration

their [in]quisition, and eventually their [in]carceration by the other side 

coop

Based on the true story of the Wineville Chicken [Coop] Murders, also known as the Wineville Chicken Murders.

snare

to snare her [into] going. 

even blow Spider-Man's [webbing] away from Scarlotti preventing him from being [ensnared].

that one impulsive action can set in motion a web of fate that ultimately [ensnares] the hero,

truss

Indeed, the movie's most hilariously obvious scene has Bettie [trussed] up, crucifixion-style,

sojourn

Jesus sojourned many days in the [desert].

Banner's [Brazilian] sojourn begins with an astonishing shot

Roth's version ranges from World War I into the 21st century and creatively uses New Orleans as its base, with sojourns to [distant] corners of the globe. 

Stagnation