1. Words adoptive = to become parent of a child that isn't your own claim

seat = here: an elected member of parliament

Swiss-based = organisation that operates out of Switzerland

take effect = start; become law

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  adopt = here: to use; take on; let something into your country
  
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  apply = here: where the ban is in effect
  
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  attempt = try to do something
  
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  authorities = government organisations that have the power to decide things
  
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  ban = forbid; not allow
  
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  blame = to say or think that you are responsible for something bad that has happened
  
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  destabilize = when a government has problems controlling events that happen there
  
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  generally = normally
  
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  government = the people who rule a country
  
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  influence = power to affect the way something changes or develops
  
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  nursery school = kindergarten; school for children between 3 and 5 or 6
  
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  official language = the language that all the people in a country speak
  
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  primary school = the first years of education; usually between 5 and 11
  
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  recently = a short time ago
  
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  repeatedly = over and over again
  
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  society = the way people live in a country
  
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  spread = when something moves from one place to another
  
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  stage = organize
  
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  supreme = highest
  
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  throughout = all across the country
  
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  values = the things you believe in
  

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  account = here : to be part of something
  
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  accuse of = to say that someone is guilty of doing something wrong
  
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