Informal | Formal |
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ask | enquire |
ask for | request |
book | reserve |
check | verify |
get | receive |
help | assist |
need | request |
say sorry | apologise |
start/begin | commence |
end | terminate/finish |
try | endeavour |
deal with | handle |
tell | inform |
wait for | await |
fight | combat |
use/eat | consume |
go | depart |
tough | difficult |
small | diminutive |
explain | disclose |
set out | display |
throw out | eject |
old | elderly |
say | express |
afraid | fearful |
in the end | finally |
lucky | fortunate |
but | however |
wrong | incorrect |
go up | increase |
cheap | inexpensive |
at first | initially |
mad | insane |
bright/smart | intelligent |
big/large | enormous |
right | correct |
a bit | a little |
away | absent |
speed up | accelerate |
okay, ok | acceptable |
help | aid/assist |
let | allow |
call off | cancel |
friendly | amiable |
expect | anticipate |
seem | appear |
climb | ascend |
beat up | assault |
fall out | quarrel |
eager | avid |
stop | cease |
dare | challenge |
kids | children |
settle for | choose |
round | circular |
pick up | collect |
think of | conceive |
link up | connect |
think about | consider |
build | construct |
refer to | consult |
hurt | damage, harm |
go down | decrease |
want/hope | desire |
lack | deficiency |
show | demonstrate |
brave | courageous |
pin down | determine |
put/set down | deposit |
throw away | discard |
make out | discern |
talk about | discuss/consider |
give out | distribute |
give | donate |
remove | eliminate |
imagine | envisage |
break out | erupt |
get out | escape |
avoid | evade |
go through | examine |
make up | fabricate |
test | experiment |
ease | facilitate |
come after | follow |
sick | ill |
ask out | invite |
go away | leave/depart |
at once | immediately |
free | liberate |
deal with | manage |
bad | negative |
look into | investigate |
chance | opportunity |
see | perceive |
happy | pleased |
give up | quit |
older | senior |
use | utilize |
enough | sufficient |
end | terminate |
empty | vacant |
rich | wealthy |
mend | repair |
idea | notion |
mainly | principally |
see | observe |
leave out | omit |
go against | oppose |
hungry | famished |
childish | immature |
maybe | perhaps |
good | positive |
give | provide |
buy | purchase |
say no | reject |
free | release |
look for | seek |
choose | select |
get by | survive |
so | therefore |
put up with | tolerate |
block | undermine |
catch up | understand |
sight | vision |
young | youthful |
get | obtain |
need | require |
pay back | repay |
live | reside |
point out | indicate |
find out | learn/discover |
get away | elude |
come in | enter |
lively | energetic |
clear | transparent |
whole | entire/complete |
blow up | explode |
break down | fail/collapse |
hopeless | futile |
hit out at | criticise |
tired | exhausted/fatigued |
clothes | garment |
go before | precede |
thanks | gratitude |
hurry | haste, hasten |
funny | humorous, amusing |
better | improved |
dim | indistinct |
worse | inferior |
put in | insert |
bring in | introduce |
make up | invent |
kidding | jesting |
childish | infantile |
a lot of | numerous |
stubborn | obstinate |
danger | peril |
put off | postpone |
here | present |
keep | preserve |
go ahead | proceed |
go after | pursue |
anyways | nevertheless |
let | permit |
sweat | perspiration |
look at | regard |
laid back | relaxed |
take out | remove |
rack up | accumulate |
over | at an end |
good looking | attractive |
good for | beneficial |
by | by means of |
lead to | cause |
complex | convoluted |
go out of | exit |
death | demise |
break off | suspend/adjourn |
also | in addition, additionally |
wood | timber |
describe | depict |
go on | continue |
in charge of | responsible |
enjoyment | gratification |
dirty/polluted | contaminated |
again & again | repeatedly |
marvelous | exceptional |
really big | considerable |
can | is capable of |
fork out | pay (money) |
talk into | persuade |
come up to | reach/attain |
iron out | solve/overcome (a problem/difficulty) |
next/later | subsequently |
try out | test |
call on | visit |
drop out of | withdraw (from) |
look up to | respect |
look like | resemble |
job | occupation |
boss | employer |
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