Paramount and trifling

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important

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another way we use paramount is

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in the fixed expression of paramount

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importance reducing carbon emissions is

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of

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paramount importance in order to combat

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climate

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change okay you have two two options

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there

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and the next example is really the

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opposite it means

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unimportant and it's trifling

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trifling this is a really really good

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proficiency word

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as i said it means unimportant so you

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can use use it

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in any situation where you want to to

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emphasize that

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in your opinion or maybe in reality it's

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just not important

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but really we use this adjective

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more often in a negative way to say that

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it's important which is a very english

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way

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of of speaking really we often use the

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negative

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to emphasize the opposite as i'll

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explain it with this example

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choosing a university is no trifling

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matter for young people

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so here rather than saying choosing a

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university is an important matter for

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for young people we're saying it's no

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trifling matter

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which is a very common