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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 e3 {) X2 N, n& _8 O2 e( Z4 U7 y
Example: Many aspiring young artists are advised to learn by copying the masters.5 [; d# N' c* s6 N9 X# Q5 Z
2 l, f5 c5 A6 u! ]1 l( ^. 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)
1 c. i% t( G! s3 `. |$ \0 YExample: Kitchell says the city was a microcosm of all American culture during the '60s...
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) f& a7 g8 U2 d# Z8 D/ }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.
( ] o0 P% _8 t5 [8 y" g6 aExample: In his preoccupation with Robyn, Crook had neglected everything. 9 \' h! e! }3 R/ Y* u
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., P; H$ N$ ^8 L2 V4 g% _
Example: It was hard for him to be aware of her; he kept sinking back into black preoccupation. = obsession
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