Behind the Great Firewall of China- Michael Anti

  

revival- bringing back into activity and prominence

1. Disco polo music is enjoying a revival in Polish town and cities. ;)

2. Theater in Poland is undergoing a revival of popularity.

emerging-in early state of development; starting to exist

1. The country is emerging car industry.

2. Government of this country should be helping emerging companies to enhance it’s position in the world’s economy.

copycat- imitating sb’s else behaviour

1. There is more and more copycats among criminalists these days.

2. Kate sued Jack of being a copycat.

booming- very lively and prospering

1. Jill established a new booming institution.

2. Yesterday we were at the party and it was booming.

pun- a clever play on words that have more than one meaning; wordplay

1. Some languages are really well suited for punning.

2. Sue made a couple of really good puns.

mindset- set of some attitudes that is often really hard to change; an outlook

1. My grandparents seem to have a very old- fashioned  mindset

2. Even though it is really hard to change somebody’s mindset- he was able to do that.

expand- become larger in size

1. Water expands when it is frozen.

2. A men’s vocabulary expands through reading.

3. The company wants to expand it’s shares to all over the world