Unlocking the mysteries of architecture – lexis

1. [Match]

Match the words with their definitions or explanations!

(NB
nerve – rudeness; here = bravery or assurance
She’s got a nerve! = She is behaving in an outrageous way that will upset other people.
of all the nerve! = that’s outrageous!
‘The nerve of these people!’ “How courageous / confident these people were!”
)

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. the bricks and pieces of stone that are used to make a building; also the skill of building with brick and stone (correct)
• 2. bear or not be changed by something, or oppose a person or thing successfully (correct)
• 3. explain the reason for sth or the cause of sth (correct)
• 4. shaped like a dome or covered with a dome (correct)
• 5. roof in the form of an arch, typical of churches and other large, formal buildings; a large room or chamber used for storage or security purposes , especially an underground one (correct)
• 6. Example of the present tense being used to capture a moment in a vivid and dramatic way. (correct)
• 7. rudeness; here = bravery or assurance (correct)
• 8. How courageous / confident these people were!” (correct)
• 9. medieval association of craftsmen or merchants (correct)
• 10. to spread the full length of something from one end to the other (correct)
• 11. to discover important new facts about something (correct)
• 12. difficult to describe, find, achieve or remember (correct)

2. [Match]

Just a few more while you’re at it!

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to be at it = to be busy doing sth
Now that you’re at it = as you are doing the work anyway, do this bit as well)

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. to be slowly damaged by something such as rain or water, (especially of metals) (correct)
• 2. in the course of time (correct)
• 3. phrasal verb meaning to finally understand something or find the solution to a problem after a lot of thought (correct)
• 4. pile of things arranged one on top of another (correct)
• 5. an understatement – to be knowledgeable about sth; know a lot about; be very well informed about sth (correct)
• 6. to be extremely impressed / astonished by (correct)
• 7. do / be better than (correct)
• 8. now that you are doing sth why not … (correct)
• 9. feeling of reverential respect / admiration perhaps mixed with fear or wonder (correct)