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How to pronounce “impasse”
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- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of impasse with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Climate Crisis Is Expensive – Here’s Who Should Pay for It
I figured that the way to break this impasse
- Definition summary
- A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac. [from 1851]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce impasse
The Climate Crisis Is Expensive – Here’s Who Should Pay for It

I figured that the way to break this impasse
Example Sentences
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac. [from 1851]
- (figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.
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