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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. $ h n, r. t8 ?/ E# U
Example: Many aspiring young artists are advised to learn by copying the masters.
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2. 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)
$ {( E) \# L6 |3 l5 I0 JExample: Kitchell says the city was a microcosm of all American culture during the '60s...
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" o' G9 B7 v; g' T3. 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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2 S, M7 W: V3 p% [ 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.5 ^8 I+ [* b' r+ y8 S) e! b
Example: It was hard for him to be aware of her; he kept sinking back into black preoccupation. = obsession 8 |: H) X* }+ m* ~$ ]3 d
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