St Pancras railway station – step 1 – VB
In November 2007 this wonderful London building was re-opened after an elaborate restoration. The original hotel is said to be have been built according to the architect Gilbert Scott’s plan for a palace in Delhi which got exchanged by accident!
These two exercises on the vocabulary may help you when you read the article online.
1. [Match]
See if you can link these definitions with the vocabulary!
(Railwaydom = in the whole field / world of railway expertise
officialdom = the attitudes associated with officials
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Answers for Quiz [1].
- 1. greatly respected because of age, wisdom, or character (correct)
- 2. this is real admiration from someone who really knows what (s)he is talking about (correct)
- 3. an extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources (correct)
- 4. be unable to make a decision about doing something (correct)
- 5. finally realise sth you should have realised a long time ago (correct)
- 6. ostentatious (correct)
- 7. a person who initiates events and influences people to do sth necessary / important (correct)
- 8. the world / field of (correct)
- 9. a person who tries to be friendly and spend time with rich and important people, especially to get an advantage (correct)
- 10. present and available (correct)
- 11. to be presented to the queen (correct)
- 12. allow to ….. stop / prevent you from sth / doing sth (correct)