to be worth doing sthTrace to leave a/no trace ⇒ E.g.: All traces of the damage had vanished. English as the EU language 1. lingua franca /ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/ - a language that people use to communicate when they have different first languages 2. linguistic / cultural diversity /daɪˈvɜː(r)səti/ A unifying language 4. hegemony /hɪˈɡeməni/ /ˈhedʒəməni/ - political control or influence, especially by one country over other countries To intensify the linguistic hegemony 5. English proficiency - a high degree of ability or skill in the English language 6. to impose - to introduce sth and force people to accept it to impose monolingualism / monoculturalism 7. minority languages /maɪˈnɒrəti/ Global dominance 9. prosperity - the situation of being successful and having a lot of money To create prosperity for smb Across the globe 11. to elbow out - to make something go away so that sth else can take its place to elbow out mother tongues /tʌŋ/ 12. to coexist - to live or exist at the same time or in the same place 13. at all costs - used for saying that sth must be done, however difficult it is or however much damage it causes 14. to have side effects - any additional result that you did not expect or want 15. cultural asset /ˈæset/ - sth such as money or property that a person or company owns
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