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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.
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( B6 M5 y' W$ }% K2. 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)
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, S. [# x: E, y, n3. 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." S3 M' y3 B1 f% K# \; w! u7 f
Example: It was hard for him to be aware of her; he kept sinking back into black preoccupation. = obsession 1 Q6 @6 W2 C& k3 t, w
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