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Croatia voters back same-sex marriage ban

Vocabulary

formalise

make official

petition

a document signed by many people that asks someone in authority to do something

key part

(here) very important part

socially conservative

(here) people who are traditional and who do not like change

embarrassment

feeling of being ashamed by what it (the government) has done or what has happened to it

to block

to stop

a relative concept

an idea that can mean different things to different people

a constitutional ban

a law which people of a country must follow that officially says they cannot do something