Society and culture

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cercanos /consisting of people who do a lot of activities together and look after one another
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close-knit
It's a very close-knit town. Everyone knows everyone.
devoto
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devout
minimice bureaucracy (red tape=documents or rules that cause delay)
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cute red tape
being more strickt with something
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Cracking down on
The school is cracking down on smoking
suave
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mild
The winter was incredibly mild
ser robado
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get burgle
We got burgled three times last year!
not religious (laico)
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secular
it's managed to remain a secular state
rellenar formularios
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fill in forms
Doctors are too busry filling in forms to do their job properly.
wet (unpleasant)
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damp
We get month after month of damps and drizzle
chirimiri / llovizna
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drizzle
very successful
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thriving
dominion femenino
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male-dominate
censura
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censorship

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