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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. : ~% f Y7 x. k0 r5 \6 F
Example: Many aspiring young artists are advised to learn by copying the masters.; g+ S& r; r( ^. b' C5 m
( Y+ ]- D0 J9 _. m2 k. N$ j2. 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)
6 o# v& n/ `( z/ M1 t* MExample: Kitchell says the city was a microcosm of all American culture during the '60s...
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: g) `) v# A" W2 u+ J3. 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.
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