English Vocabulary(informal vs formal)

Informal 🆚 Formal

🔸say sorry - apologiz(s)e

🔸go up - increase

🔸go down - decrease

🔸set up - establish

🔸look at - examine

🔸blow up - explode

🔸find out - discover

🔸bring about - cause

🔸put off - postpone, delay

🔸rack up - accumulate

🔸make up - fabricate

🔸stand for - represent

🔸find out - discover, ascertain

🔸leave out - omit

🔸point out - indicate

🔸go against - oppose

🔸get in touch with - contact

🔸It’s about - It concerns

🔸need to - required

🔸think about - consider

🔸get - obtain

🔸put up - tolerate

🔸deal with - handle

🔸seem - appear

🔸show - illustrate, portray

🔸start - commence

🔸keep - retain

🔸free - release

🔸get on someone’s nerves - bother

🔸ring up - call

🔸show up - arrive

🔸let - permit

🔸fill in - substitute

🔸block - undermine

🔸give the go ahead.