use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
session (of a legislature)
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to spend time (on doing something)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
hooting; jeering; heckling
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
electricity; (electric) light
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
monolith; large slab of rock
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
question and answer session
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
success or failure; outcome; result
question time (e.g. in parliament, diet, etc.); question period; time allowed for questions
proceedings (e.g. parliament, congress); business (of the day)
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
excess or deficiency; too much or too little
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to step forward; to volunteer
in the end; at the end of the day
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just