ARC SKILLS ACADEMY

FORMAL AND INFORMAL WORDS

Look like – Resemble
Put up with – Tolerate
Refer to – Consult
Settle for – Choose
Speak to – Address
Talk about – Discuss/consider Think about – Consider/ponder Think of – Conceive

Wait for – Await

Really big – Considerable Lively – Energetic
Whole – Entire/complete Exceptional – Marvellous Break down – fail/collapse Break off –
Suspend/adjourn Break up – Disintegrate Bring in – Introduce
Come back – Return Come/go in – Enter
Get away – Escape
Go ahead – Proceed
Go away – Leave/depart Give/bring back – Return Give in – Yield
Give out – Distribute
Give up – Quit
Link up – Connect
Make out – Discern
Make up – Invent
Put/set down – Deposit
Set out (1) – Display
Set out (2) – Depart
Take away – Remove
Throw away – Discard Throw out – Eject
Blow up – Explode
Break down – Fail/collapse Hungry – Famished
Tired – Fatigued Faithfulness – Fidelity Hopeless – Futile
Go before – Precede Enjoyment – Gratification Thanks – Gratitude
Funny – Humorous, amusing

Ask -------------Enquire
Ask for----------Request Book-------------Reserve Check------------Verify Get---------------Receive
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
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
Come after – Follow Come up to – Reach/attain Deal with – Manage
Go before – Precede
Go out of – Exit
Lead to – Cause
Look at – Regard
Look for – Seek
Look into – Investigate Childish – Immature Better – Improved Worse – Inferior

Put in – Insert
Make up – Invent
Can – Is capable of
Tons of, heaps of – Large quantities of, a number of Keep up – Maintain properly Could –
Might be able to

Plus/also – Moreover/futhermore Lots of/ a lot of – Much, many Anyways – Nevertheless

A lot of – Numerous

From (company) – On the behalf of Let – Permit

Put off – Postpone
Take out – Remove

Mend – Repair
Look like – Resemble
House – Residence
Keep – Retain
Call on – Visit
Try out – Test
Drop out of – Withdraw (from)