to be worth doing sth

Trace

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