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fashion hunter a person who is obsessed by clothes and fashion

application software, program

harsh difficult, severe

smoothly easily, without problems

self-sustaining able to support itself without the help of others

rare earth metals naturally occurring metals used in modern technology

stepping-stone something that assists progress

urge desire, need

take up the gauntlet accept a challenge

to the core possessing a characteristic to a very high degree

In retrospect when looking back

yesteryear a time in distant past

inherently naturally, essentially

film noir dark gangster/thriller genre which first appeared in 1950s Hollywood

arid very dry, infertile

rational sensible, logical

eradicate eliminate, get rid of

springboard something that enables an action or enterprise to begin or succeed

reject disagree with, refuse

desolate uninhabited, deserted

Atacama Desert an extremely dry desert in South Africa (mainly in Chile)

blend mix, combination

haute couture high fashion, expensive and fashionable clothes

cyclical repeated over and over again

excruciatingly dreadfully, horrendously

prose written language in its ordinary form

the Mayflower the ship in which the pioneering Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to America in 1620

anticipate guess, predict

impact effect

voyage journey to a distant place

resilient thought, strong

adaptable able to adjust to new environments

pave the way lead the way, start the ball rolling

contemporary person alive at the same time as someone else

vantage point position from which you look at things

overly excessively, too much

aesthetic relating to (the principles of) beauty

far-fetched very unlikely

eager keen, enthusiastic

wrestle with struggle with

thought-provoking causing you to think in a new way about something

recently not long ago

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