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+ {* ~" O) r( ^" Q9 l5 {) n1. 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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/ `4 t! v6 E, C) a" |6 ~+ p9 X2. 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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' `+ P% l' f! 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.5 [8 `1 z+ r" Q5 h
Example: It was hard for him to be aware of her; he kept sinking back into black preoccupation. = obsession
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