Formal × Informal Flashcards
Remove
Take off
Discuss
Talk about
To Depart To commute (traveling home to work and back)
To go
Discontinue
Halt(cancel)
Cease
To stop
To demonstrate
To show
Reside
To live
To commence sth ( at 5:30pm) Initiate sth(a plan/project)=business word
To began
Would like to
To want
Obtain Comprehend Purchase Collect Receive Understand Become
To get
Consume=need to be formal topic/context
To eat
Incorrect/mistaken
Wrong
Vacant(room)=vacancy
Unoccupied
Empty
Inexpensive
Cheap
Improved
Superior
Better
Better than
Whole
Entire
Prior to sth
Before
Approximately = about 50 people
About
Regarding
Concerning
(Regarding sth, what do you think?)
About
With regards to (beggining of the letter)
About
Query sb on
Ask sb about sth
In the interim =From now to a specific Time in the further
In the meantime
Meanwhile =happening at the same time, but somewhere else
Fractionally
Slightly
Marginally
A bit
Considerably
Significantly
Substantially
Much/ a lot
Increasingly
More and more
Strikingly (striking + n)
completely
Significantly
Enormously
Very
Enormous
Substantial
Radical
A big change
Enormous
Large
A big mountain
Great Significant Considerable many A large number of
Lots of
Significant Essential Crucial Vital Necessary
Important
Under-developed
Developing
Poor country
(Well)developed
Wealthy
Rich country
Wealthy
Rich person
Poor
Unsatisfactory
Bad quality
Poor
Unsatisfactory
Bad behavior
My pleasure
I’m really happy
To express my disagreement with
I disagree with your…
Adhesive
Glue
Adhere
Stick to the plan
Comprehend
Understand/get
Respond
Answer/reply
Advice
Tell
Cease
Stop
Seek
Look for/ find
Require
Need
Exceed
Be more than
Decline/refuse
Say no to
To Deny sth
To say that you didn’t do sth
Encounter
Meet
Remit
Pay/send
Terminate
Stop/end
Ascertain
Figure out
Remunerate
Pay
Augment
Increase/supplement
