CAE 2 (OW) | U6p85: Vocabulary

wannabe

• aspiring or wanting to be a specified type of person

• a successful person or thing

in no time

• at a slow speed; not quickly

• very quickly or very soon

understatement

• the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is

• the action of expressing or stating something too strongly; exaggeration

on the go

• delayed or inactive

• busy and active

ranks

• a list or plan showing turns of duty or leave for individuals or groups in an organization

•  the people belonging to or constituting a group or class

to inherit

•  derive (a quality, characteristic, or predisposition) genetically from one's parents or ancestors

• cause (someone) to owe money or an obligation

groundbreaking

• not readily using or demonstrating the use of the imagination

• innovative; pioneering

to queue up

• take one's place in a queue

• push into a queue of people in order to be served before your turn.

to be a far cry from something

• to be completely different from something

• to be very similar to something

a long bar that is fixed at only one end to a vertical support and is used to hold a structure such as an arch, bridge, or shelf in position

• cantilever

• beam

• façade