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1. aspiring/əˈspaɪər/ If you use aspiring to describe someone who is starting a particular career, you mean that they are trying to become successful in it. ) |% \7 K5 Y4 w# q5 T# }
Example: Many aspiring young artists are advised to learn by copying the masters.
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" s* S! z4 v8 x& Q B& n2. microcosm/ˈmaɪ krəˌkɒz əm/A microcosm is a small society, place, or activity which has all the typical features of a much larger one and so seems like a smaller version of it. (FORMAL)
# [! A! V5 h% x% P; I4 N6 uExample: Kitchell says the city was a microcosm of all American culture during the '60s...
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3. preoccupation/priˌɒk yəˈpeɪ ʃən, ˌpri ɒk-/I. N-Count If you have a preoccupation with something or someone, you keep thinking about them because they are important to you.
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II. N-Uncount Preoccupation is a state of mind in which you think about something so much that you do not consider other things to be important.9 A! i |3 ^% o! `
Example: It was hard for him to be aware of her; he kept sinking back into black preoccupation. = obsession ( v% w5 Q7 ]1 p2 |0 M
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