politics - english

• allocate


  to set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute
• counterparts


  Those that are exactly alike or closely resemble another
• federal


  A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
• referendum


  a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate
• consensus


  general agreement
• to lobby


  to try to persuade officials to support or reject a cause
• petition


  a formal request for government action
• the party line


  policies that are favored by a political party
• ballot papers

  a piece of paper on which you write your vote
• proportional representation


  An election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.
• to edge away from


  to walk backwards, taking small steps away from sth/sb that frightens you
• to edge towards


  to move slowly towards sth
• to pick your way through a crowd


  to walk between people or objects that are in your way
• to saunter


  walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort
• to scurry


  to run quickly, scamper, hurry
• to slip into a room


  to enter a room quietly, hoping not to be noticed
• to lounge


  stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way
• to be slumped in/on a chair/over the table


  not be sitting straight, but leaning at an angle
• to flick/leaf through a book


  to quickly turn the pages of a book or a magazine, reading only a little of it
• whisper


  to speak very softly or quietly
• mumble


  to speak in a low voice that is not clear
• to take down


  write down what someone says
• to scribble


  sloppy writing that is hard to read
• to jot down


  to write something quickly on a piece of paper so that you remember it
• to peer


  look searchingly
• to gaze


  a long look at something
• to pore over a book


  To read very carefully and for a long time
• To beam


  to smile with obvious pleasure
• burst out laughing


  start laughing suddenly
• giggle


  to laugh in a silly way
• grin


  to smile widely
• snigger


  a disrespectful laugh
• fumble about


  to try to hold, move, or find something with your hands in an awkward way
• rummage about


  to look for sth in your pockets/ in your bag using just your hands
• to scour a place/area


  look carefully through a place etc.
• election


  a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
• MP


  Member of Parliament
• party


  an organized political group
• poll


  to vote
• strike


  to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands