diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f625843f..2543c7c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
     "@capire/media": "./media",
     "@capire/orders": "./orders",
     "@capire/reviews": "./reviews",
-    "@sap/cds": "^5",
-    "express": "^4"
+    "@sap/cds": "^5.1.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "cds-swagger-ui-express": "^0.2.0",
diff --git a/test/cds.ql.test.js b/test/cds.ql.test.js
index 1a6fc861..85b80c96 100644
--- a/test/cds.ql.test.js
+++ b/test/cds.ql.test.js
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 const cds = require('@sap/cds/lib')
 const { expect } = cds.test
-const CQL = ([cql]) => cds.parse.cql(cql)
+const { cdr } = cds.ql
 const Foo = { name: 'Foo' }
 const Books = { name: 'capire.bookshop.Books' }
 
-const { cdr } = cds.ql
 
-// while jest has 'test' as alias to 'it', mocha doesn't
-if (!global.test) global.test = it
+const STAR = cdr ? '*' : { ref: ['*'] }
+const skip = {to:{eql:()=>skip}}
+const srv = new cds.Service
+let cqn
+
+expect.plain = (cqn) => !cqn.SELECT.one && !cqn.SELECT.distinct ? expect(cqn) : skip
+expect.one = (cqn) => !cqn.SELECT.distinct ? expect(cqn) : skip
 
 describe('cds.ql → cqn', () => {
   //
-  let cqn
 
   describe(`SELECT...`, () => {
 
@@ -26,170 +29,192 @@ describe('cds.ql → cqn', () => {
       .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo,['*']))
     })
 
-    test('from ( Foo )', () => {
-      expect({
+
+    it('should consistently handle lists', () => {
+      const ID = 11,  args = [{ref:['foo']}, 'bar', 3]
+      const cqn = CQL`SELECT from Foo where ID=11 and x in (foo,'bar',3)`
+      expect(SELECT.from`Foo`.where `ID=${ID} and x in ${args}`).to.eql(cqn)
+      expect(SELECT.from(Foo).where(`ID=`, ID, `and x in`, args)).to.eql(cqn)
+      expect(SELECT.from(Foo).where({ ID, x:args })).to.eql(cqn)
+    })
+
+  })
+
+
+  for (let each of ['SELECT', 'SELECT one', 'SELECT distinct']) {
+    let SELECT; beforeEach(()=> SELECT = (
+      each === 'SELECT distinct' ? cds.ql.SELECT.distinct :
+      each === 'SELECT one' ? cds.ql.SELECT.one :
+      cds.ql.SELECT
+    ))
+  describe(`${each}...`, () => {
+
+    test(`from Foo`, () => {
+      expect(cqn = SELECT `from Foo`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from `Foo`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from('Foo'))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo))
+      .to.eql(SELECT`Foo`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT('Foo'))
+      .to.eql(SELECT(Foo))
+      expect.plain(cqn)
+      .to.eql(CQL`SELECT from Foo`)
+      .to.eql(srv.read `Foo`)
+      .to.eql(srv.read('Foo'))
+      .to.eql(srv.read(Foo))
+      .to.eql({
         SELECT: { from: { ref: ['Foo'] } },
       })
-      .to.eql(CQL`SELECT from Foo`)
-      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo))
     })
 
-    test('from ( ..., <key>)', () => {
-      // Compiler
-      expect(CQL`SELECT from Foo[11]`).to.eql({
-        SELECT: {
-          // REVISIT: add one:true?
-          from: { ref: [{ id: 'Foo', where: [{ val: 11 }] }] },
-        },
+
+    test('from Foo [<key>]', () => {
+
+      expect(cqn = SELECT`from Foo[11]`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT`from Foo[${11}]`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from `Foo[11]`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from `Foo[${11}]`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT`Foo[11]`)
+      expect.plain(cqn)
+      .to.eql(CQL`SELECT from Foo[11]`)
+      .to.eql(srv.read`Foo[11]`)
+      .to.eql({
+        SELECT: { from: {
+          ref: [{ id: 'Foo', where: [{ val: 11 }] }]
+        }},
       })
 
-      expect(CQL`SELECT from Foo[ID=11]`).to.eql({
-        SELECT: {
-          // REVISIT: add one:true
-          from: {
-            ref: [{ id: 'Foo', where: [{ ref: ['ID'] }, '=', { val: 11 }] }],
-          },
-        },
+      if (cdr) expect.plain (cqn)
+      .to.eql(srv.read`Foo[${11}]`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT`Foo[${11}]`)
+
+      expect((cqn = SELECT`from Foo[ID=11]`))
+      .to.eql(SELECT`from Foo[ID=${11}]`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from `Foo[ID=11]`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from `Foo[ID=${11}]`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT`Foo[ID=11]`)
+      expect.plain(cqn)
+      .to.eql(CQL`SELECT from Foo[ID=11]`)
+      .to.eql(srv.read`Foo[ID=11]`)
+      .to.eql({
+        SELECT: { from: {
+          ref: [{ id: 'Foo', where: [{ ref: ['ID'] }, '=', { val: 11 }] }],
+        }},
       })
 
-      // Runtime ds.ql
-      expect(SELECT.from(Foo, 11))
-        .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo, { ID: 11 }))
-        .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo).byKey(11))
-        .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo).byKey({ ID: 11 }))
-        .to.eql(SELECT.one.from(Foo).where({ ID: 11 }))
-        .to.eql({
-          // REVISIT: should produce CQN as the ones above?
-          SELECT: {
-            one: true,
-            from: { ref: ['Foo'] },
-            where: [{ ref: ['ID'] }, '=', { val: 11 }],
-          },
-        })
+      if (cdr) expect.plain (cqn)
+      .to.eql(SELECT`Foo[ID=${11}]`)
+      .to.eql(srv.read`Foo[ID=${11}]`)
 
-      expect(CQL`SELECT from Foo[11]{a}`).to.eql({
-        SELECT: {
-          // REVISIT: add one:true?
-          from: { ref: [{ id: 'Foo', where: [{ val: 11 }] }] },
-          columns: [{ ref: ['a'] }],
-        },
-      })
-
-      expect(SELECT.from(Foo, 11, ['a']))
-        .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo, 11, (foo) => foo.a))
-        .to.eql({
-          // REVISIT: should produce CQN as the ones above?
-          SELECT: {
-            one: true,
-            from: { ref: ['Foo'] },
-            columns: [{ ref: ['a'] }],
-            where: [{ ref: ['ID'] }, '=', { val: 11 }],
-          },
-        })
-    })
-
-    test('from ( ..., => {...})', () => {
-      // single *, prefix and postfix, as array and function
-      let parsed, fluid
-      expect((parsed = CQL`SELECT * from Foo`)).to.eql(CQL`SELECT from Foo{*}`)
-      //> .to.eql... FIXME: see skipped 'should handle * correctly' below
-      expect((fluid = SELECT('*').from(Foo)))
-        .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo, ['*']))
-        .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo, (foo) => foo('*')))
-        .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo).columns('*'))
-        .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo).columns((foo) => foo('*')))
-        .to.eql({
-          SELECT: { from: { ref: ['Foo'] }, columns: [cdr ? '*' : { ref: ['*'] }] },
-        })
-
-      if (cdr === 'all') expect(parsed).to.eql(fluid)
-
-      // single column, prefix and postfix, as array and function
-      expect(CQL`SELECT a from Foo`)
-      expect(CQL`SELECT from Foo {a}`)
-        .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo, ['a']))
-        .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo, (foo) => foo.a))
-        .to.eql({
-          SELECT: { from: { ref: ['Foo'] }, columns: [{ ref: ['a'] }] },
-        })
-
-      // multiple columns, prefix and postfix, as array and function
-      expect(CQL`SELECT a,b as c from Foo`)
-
-      expect (CQL`SELECT from Foo {a,b as c}`).to.eql(cqn = {
+      // Following implicitly resolve to SELECT.one
+      expect(cqn = SELECT.from(Foo,11))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo,{ID:11}))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo).byKey(11))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo).byKey({ID:11}))
+      expect.one(cqn)
+      .to.eql({
         SELECT: {
+          one: true,
           from: { ref: ['Foo'] },
-          columns: [{ ref: ['a'] }, { ref: ['b'], as: 'c' }],
+          where: [{ ref: ['ID'] }, '=', { val: 11 }],
         },
       })
-      expect(SELECT.from(Foo, ['a', { b: 'c' }])).to.eql(cqn)
-      expect(
-        SELECT.from(Foo, (foo) => {
-          foo.a, foo.b.as('c')
-        })
-      ).to.eql(cqn)
-      expect(SELECT.from(Foo).columns('a', { b: 'c' })).to.eql(cqn)
-      expect(SELECT.from(Foo).columns(['a', { b: 'c' }])).to.eql(cqn)
-      expect(
-        SELECT.from(Foo).columns((foo) => {
-          foo.a, foo.b.as('c')
-        })
-      ).to.eql(cqn)
 
-      // multiple columns and *, prefix and postfix, as array and function
-      expect(CQL`SELECT *,a,b from Foo`).to.eql(CQL`SELECT from Foo{*,a,b}`)
-      //> .to.eql... FIXME: see skipped 'should handle * correctly' below
-      expect(SELECT.from(Foo, ['a', 'b', '*']))
-      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo).columns('a', 'b', '*'))
-      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo).columns(['a', 'b', '*']))
-      .to.eql(
-        SELECT.from(Foo, (foo) => {
-          foo.a, foo.b, foo('*')
-        })
-      )
+    })
+
+    test('from Foo {...}', () => {
+
+      expect(cqn = SELECT `*,a,b as c` .from `Foo`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT `*,a,b as c`. from(Foo))
+      .to.eql(SELECT('*','a',{b:'c'}).from`Foo`)
+      .to.eql(SELECT('*','a',{b:'c'}).from(Foo))
+      .to.eql(SELECT(['*','a',{b:'c'}]).from(Foo))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.columns('*','a',{b:'c'}).from(Foo))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.columns(['*','a',{b:'c'}]).from(Foo))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.columns((foo) => { foo`.*`, foo.a, foo.b`as c` }).from(Foo))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.columns((foo) => { foo('*'), foo.a, foo.b.as('c') }).from(Foo))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo).columns('*','a',{b:'c'}))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo).columns(['*','a',{b:'c'}]))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo).columns((foo) => { foo`.*`, foo.a, foo.b`as c` }))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo).columns((foo) => { foo('*'), foo.a, foo.b.as('c') }))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo,['*','a',{b:'c'}]))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo, (foo) => { foo`.*`, foo.a, foo.b`as c` }))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo, (foo) => { foo('*'), foo.a, foo.b.as('c') }))
+
+      expect.plain(cqn)
       .to.eql({
         SELECT: {
           from: { ref: ['Foo'] },
-          columns: [{ ref: ['a'] }, { ref: ['b'] }, cdr ? '*' : { ref: ['*'] }],
+          columns: [ STAR, { ref: ['a'] }, { ref: ['b'], as: 'c' }],
         },
       })
+
+      cdr && expect.plain(cqn)
+      .to.eql(CQL`SELECT *,a,b as c from Foo`)
+      .to.eql(CQL`SELECT from Foo {*,a,b as c}`)
+
+      // Test combination with key as second argument to .from
+      expect(cqn = SELECT.from(Foo, 11, ['a']))
+      .to.eql(SELECT.from(Foo, 11, foo => foo.a))
+      expect.one(cqn)
+      .to.eql({
+        SELECT: {
+          one: true,
+          from: { ref: ['Foo'] },
+          columns: [{ ref: ['a'] }],
+          where: [{ ref: ['ID'] }, '=', { val: 11 }],
+        },
+      })
+
     })
 
-    test('from ( ..., => _.expand ( x=>{...}))', () => {
+    test('with nested expands', () => {
       // SELECT from Foo { *, x, bar.*, car{*}, boo { *, moo.zoo } }
-      expect(
-        SELECT.from(Foo, (foo) => {
-          foo('*'),
-            foo.x,
-            foo.car('*'),
-            foo.boo((b) => {
-              b('*'), b.moo.zoo((x) => x.y.z)
-            })
+      expect(cqn =
+        SELECT.from (Foo, foo => {
+          foo`*`, foo.x, foo.car`*`, foo.boo (b => {
+            b`*`, b.moo.zoo(
+              x => x.y.z
+            )
+          })
         })
-      ).to.eql({
+      ).to.eql(
+        SELECT.from (Foo, foo => {
+          foo('*'), foo.x, foo.car('*'), foo.boo (b => {
+            b('*'), b.moo.zoo(
+              x => x.y.z
+            )
+          })
+        })
+      )
+
+      expect.plain(cqn)
+      .to.eql({
         SELECT: {
           from: { ref: ['Foo'] },
           columns: [
-            cdr ? '*' : { ref: ['*'] },
+            STAR,
             { ref: ['x'] },
             { ref: ['car'], expand: ['*'] },
             {
               ref: ['boo'],
-              expand: ['*', { ref: ['moo', 'zoo'], expand: [{ ref: ['y', 'z'] }] }],
+              expand: [ '*', { ref: ['moo', 'zoo'], expand: [{ ref: ['y', 'z'] }] }],
             },
           ],
         },
       })
     })
 
-    test('from ( ..., => _.inline ( _=>{...}))', () => {
+    if (each !== 'SELECT') return
+
+    test('with nested inlines', () => {
       // SELECT from Foo { *, x, bar.*, car{*}, boo { *, moo.zoo } }
       expect(
-        SELECT.from(Foo, (foo) => {
-          foo.bar('*'),
-            foo.bar('.*'), //> leading dot indicates inline
-            foo.boo((x) => x.moo.zoo),
-            foo.boo((_) => _.moo.zoo) //> underscore arg name indicates inline
+        SELECT.from (Foo, foo => {
+          foo.bar `*`,
+          foo.bar `.*`, //> leading dot indicates inline
+          foo.boo(_ => _.moo.zoo), //> underscore arg name indicates inline
+          foo.boo(x => x.moo.zoo)
         })
       ).to.eql({
         SELECT: {
@@ -197,39 +222,13 @@ describe('cds.ql → cqn', () => {
           columns: [
             { ref: ['bar'], expand: ['*'] },
             { ref: ['bar'], inline: ['*'] },
-            { ref: ['boo'], expand: [{ ref: ['moo', 'zoo'] }] },
             { ref: ['boo'], inline: [{ ref: ['moo', 'zoo'] }] },
+            { ref: ['boo'], expand: [{ ref: ['moo', 'zoo'] }] },
           ],
         },
       })
     })
 
-    test('one / distinct ...', () => {
-      expect(SELECT.distinct.from(Foo).SELECT)
-        // .to.eql(CQL(`SELECT distinct from Foo`).SELECT)
-        .to.eql(SELECT.distinct(Foo).SELECT)
-        .to.eql({ distinct: true, from: { ref: ['Foo'] } })
-
-      expect(SELECT.one.from(Foo).SELECT)
-        // .to.eql(CQL(`SELECT one from Foo`).SELECT)
-        .to.eql(SELECT.one(Foo).SELECT)
-        .to.eql({ one: true, from: { ref: ['Foo'] } })
-
-      expect(SELECT.one('a').from(Foo).SELECT)
-        // .to.eql(CQL(`SELECT distinct a from Foo`).SELECT)
-        .to.eql(SELECT.one(['a']).from(Foo).SELECT)
-        .to.eql(SELECT.one(Foo, ['a']).SELECT)
-        .to.eql(SELECT.one(Foo, (foo) => foo.a).SELECT)
-        .to.eql(SELECT.one.from(Foo, (foo) => foo.a).SELECT)
-        .to.eql(SELECT.one.from(Foo, ['a']).SELECT)
-        .to.eql({
-          one: true,
-          from: { ref: ['Foo'] },
-          columns: [{ ref: ['a'] }],
-        })
-      // same for works distinct
-    })
-
     it('should correctly handle { ... and:{...} }', () => {
       expect(SELECT.from(Foo).where({ x: 1, and: { y: 2, or: { z: 3 } } })).to.eql({
         SELECT: {
@@ -427,6 +426,7 @@ describe('cds.ql → cqn', () => {
 
     //
   })
+}
 
   describe(`INSERT...`, () => {
     test('entries ({a,b}, ...)', () => {
diff --git a/test/consuming-services.test.js b/test/consuming-services.test.js
index 97c9db24..936425fe 100644
--- a/test/consuming-services.test.js
+++ b/test/consuming-services.test.js
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ describe('Consuming Services locally', () => {
   it('supports targets as strings or reflected defs', async () => {
     const AdminService = await cds.connect.to('AdminService')
     const { Authors } = AdminService.entities
-    const _ = expect (await AdminService.read(Authors))
+    expect (await SELECT.from(Authors))
+    .to.eql(await SELECT.from('Authors'))
+    .to.eql(await AdminService.read(Authors))
     .to.eql(await AdminService.read('Authors'))
     .to.eql(await AdminService.run(SELECT.from(Authors)))
-    // temporary workaround
-    if (cds.version >= '4.2.0')
-      _.to.eql(await AdminService.run(SELECT.from('Authors')))
+    .to.eql(await AdminService.run(SELECT.from('Authors')))
   })
 
   it('allows reading from local services using cds.ql', async () => {
     const AdminService = await cds.connect.to('AdminService')
-    const query = SELECT.from('Authors', (a) => {
+    const authors = await AdminService.read (`Authors`, a => {
       a.name,
         a.books((b) => {
           b.title,
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ describe('Consuming Services locally', () => {
             })
         })
     }).where(`name like`, 'E%')
-    // temporary workaround
-    if (cds.version < '4.2.0')
-      query.SELECT.from.ref[0] = 'AdminService.Authors'
-    const authors = await AdminService.run(query)
     expect(authors).to.containSubset([
       {
         name: 'Emily Brontë',