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Jimmy Carr - A British-Irish comedian, born in 1972.
Amazon - A large river and jungle in South America. Also the name of a US-based company that started off selling books online. It now sells almost any product and is expanding into futuristic computer technology.
Cynicism - Believing that people are only motivated by self-interest and not a good intentions.
Sigmund Freud - An Austrian psychoanalyst who was one of the world’s foremost authorities on psychology in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Although his ideas have been discredited in the scientific community, he remains influential for literary scholars.
Immune system - The network of cells, organs and proteins that defend the body from infection.
Empathy - The capacity to understand and feel the suffering of others.