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.
