How to make all hidden names from a base class accessible in derived one?

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Starting from this question:

And considering this simplified code:

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

class Abstract
{
public:
    virtual void method(int a)
    {
        std::cout << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << "a: " << a << std::endl;
    }
};

class Concrete : public Abstract
{
public:
    void method(char c, std::string s)
    {
        std::cout << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << "c: " << c << "; s: " << s << std::endl;
    }
};

int main()
{
    Concrete c;
    c.method(42);    // error: no matching function for call to 'Concrete::method(int)'
    c.method('a', std::string("S1_1"));

    Abstract *ptr = &c;
    ptr->method(13);
    //ptr->method('b', std::string("string2"));    <- FAIL, this is not declared in Abstract.
}

I got two doubts. 1. I know I can solve the error if I "import" a method name from Abstract with

using Abstract::method;

but then I import all overloads of that name. Would it be possible to import only a given overload? (Suppose Abstract has more than one overload like:)

virtual void method(int a) = 0;
virtual void method(std::string s) = 0;
  1. Is it possible to import all (public|protected|all) names from Abstract at once without listing them one-by-one?

(Now suppose that in addition to method, Abstract also has:)

virtual void foo() = 0;
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