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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 E# I' Q& V: s5 W PExample: Many aspiring young artists are advised to learn by copying the masters.( v; s6 k! L ?* {- A8 l/ S8 M
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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) 5 \0 q) H( {5 J( N2 b1 j/ q
Example: Kitchell says the city was a microcosm of all American culture during the '60s...: T, ^7 M2 x9 x0 A
( r) | k! s/ X2 [7 e0 @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. + b X$ b( }% e% f2 _7 t
Example: In his preoccupation with Robyn, Crook had neglected everything. 0 i8 V$ i' i2 `
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.- o# e( x, E4 L+ u
Example: It was hard for him to be aware of her; he kept sinking back into black preoccupation. = obsession
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