FORMAL/ACADEMIC AND INFORMAL WORD LIST

Ord INFORMAL/EVERYDAY FORMAL/ACADEMIC

01 a lot of/ loads of/ plenty of a great deal of /numerous/ several
02 a bit Somewhat (before adj. or adv.)/ slightly
03 to get together to collaborate with sbd on smth
04 to start/to begin to initiate/to commence smth/v-ing
05 big large (number/percentage), considerable
06 thing device/object
07 stuff material
08 to find out to ascertain/discover
09 to do again to repeat
10 to do well to succeed
11 to set up to establish
12 to cut down on to reduce
13 to go up to increase
14 to come up with to create
15 to look into to investigate
16 to go up and down to fluctuate
17 to bring up a question to raise a question
18 to get rid of to eliminate
19 to turn down smth to refuse
20 to turn out smth to produce
21 to take smth back to retract (a statement)
22 to put off smth to postpone smth
23 to put up with to tolerate
24 to put away smth to save
25 to put down to smth to attribute to
26 to come about to occur
27 to give up to relinquish
28 to go back/give back return to swh/ smth
29 to give off smth to produce (heat)
30 to give away to betray
31 to carry out smth to conduct
32 to seem to appear
33 to climb to ascend
34 to help to assist/ aid
35 to stop to cease
36 to use to consume
37 to shorten to decrease/ to abbreviate
37 to show to demonstrate
38 to go to depart
39 to want to desire
40 to end to finish/ to terminate
41 to tell to inform
42 to keep preserve/ retain
43 to say no to reject
44 to free to release/ to liberate
45 to mend/ to fix to repair
46 to need to require
47 to live to reside
48 in the end finally/ultimately
49 at once immediately
50 at the same time simultaneously/ concurrently
51 at first initially
52 on and off intermittently
53 mainly principally/primarily
54 next subsequently
55 again and again repeatedly
56 so therefore/ consequently
57 understanding comprehension
58 lack deficiency
59 chance opportunity
60 sweat perspiration
61 house residence
62 sight vision
63 friendly amiable
64 whole complete
65 lively energetically/animated
67 lucky fortunate
68 childish immature/ infantile
69 wrong incorrect/questionable
70 worse inferior to
71 cheap inexpensive
72 dim indistinct
73 mad insane
74 to lay back to relax
75 in charge of responsible for
76 enough sufficient
77 better superior to
78 clear transparent
79 empty vacant
80 to ask for to require/ to request
81 hot (topic) controversial
82 more and more Increasingly/ unceasingly/non-stop
83 to get to obtain/ to receive
84 bad disappointing
85 to get worse to deteriorate
86 horrible unacceptable
87 to come in to enter
88 to talk about to discuss
89 to go down to descend
90 to come up with to suggest
91 to look at to examine
92 to pin down to determine
93 to experience the influence of to be influenced
94 Let’s consider … It is important to consider …
95 I love/like/prefer Personally, I favour …
96 On top of that Another point is …
97 Government must make laws There is a need for laws
98 In a nutshell To state it briefly/ In brief
99 Every coin has two sides There are advantages and disadvantages to
100 by chance Incidentally
101 to try to attempt/ to endeavor
102 to swap to exchange
103 as far as x goes in respect of / with respect to
104 to skip omit/not attend smth
105 by accident accidentally
106 kids infants/offsprings
107 O.K acceptable/ satisfactory
108 to make up for to compensate for
109 to catch on smth to understand
110 to go down with a disease to contract a disease
111 to go up to increase
112 to get in touch with to contact
113 to let somebody know to inform
114 to call off to cancel
115 to sort out to resolve
116 to deal with to handle/ to address
117 small minimal/limited/ modest
118 to think of to conceive of/imagine
119 about an estimated, approximately, roughly
120 to do (research) to carry out, perform, undertake
121 hard difficult, problematic,challenging
122 to keep up to maintain
123 a lot a substantial amount, a considerable sum
124 stand for denote, represent
126 next adjacent
127 prove confirm
128 rich affluent, wealthy, prosperous
129 the same as equivalent to
130 drink beverage (count)
131 man male
132 old people senior citizens, retirees
133 crooks offenders, lawbreakers
134 great, awesome preferable, desirable
135 sick of, fed up with dissatisfied with
136 feature characteristic
137 before Prior to
138 to think (that) to assume (that)
139 Because Owing to or due to the fact that/As a result of
140 Nobody can say It is impossible to predict …
141 I think that It seems that/ It could be argued that
142 About Regarding/ Concerning
143 And as well as
144 but while/whereas
145 to write a cheque to issue a checque
146 carefull/cautious prudent (imprudent)/prudential
147 to check to verify
148 to agree with to be bound by
149 to go over exeed
150 to hand / to give to submit
152 In accordance with Pursuant to
153 to involve to entail
154 lost inadvertently mislaid
155 to make sure to ensure
156 to order to authorise
157 to pay to settle
158 to supply to furnish
159 to take away to withdraw
160 when we get … On receipt of …
161 Whenever we like / want Without prior notice …
162 One after the other At regular intervals
163 There are no big differences between No significant differences emerges between
164 This shows that This demonstrates that
165 to put smth into action To be implemented/ carried out
166 etc./ and so forth./ and so on. among other examples
167 i.e namely, / that is,
168 e.g For example,
169 vs. versus/as apposed of
170 nice/ cute attractive
171 smart intelligent
172 come arrive
173 lifestyle way of life / manner of life
174 19th century The nineteenth century
175 workmate colleague
176 tired exhausted
177 drunk intoxicated
178 sad dejected
179 who whom ( đại từ tân ngữ, sau giới từ)
180 to get your money back refund your payment
181 to pay your bills to settle your account
182 really extremely
183 to go up to to reach
184 to work to function
185 breathing respiration
186 meat-eater carnivore
187 chance opportunity
188 wrong erroneous
189 died out extinct
190 relevant pertinent
191 relatives kindred
192 copy imitate
193 break fracture
194 mix blend
195 preference predilection
196 to come across to find
197 to do away with to abolish
198 to build up to accumulate
199 to finish off to conclude
200 to back up to support/to advocate
201 to put forward propose
202 to put across to express
203 to obey a law to comply with a law
204 poor country developing country
205 That’s why/ why For this reason, … / … the reason for …
206 new novel
207 dependence surbodination
208 quarrel debate/dispute
209 In the same way Similarly,
210 to look for to seek
211 way manner/solution
212 money currency
213 to imagine to conceive / conceivably
214 place location
215 viewpoint stance
216 fast/quickly rapidly/ as a matter of urgency
217 how much to what extent (not applicable to price or
amount)
218 when (conj) At the time of …
219 In/For many years During a considearble period of years
220 to make smth better /to get better to improve/to upgrade
221 To put on weight to gain weight
223 verb + not + any + noun verb + no + noun
224 verb + not + many/much + noun verb + few/little + noun
225 to give to provide
226 as you can be seen as can be seen
227 wood timber
228 to describe to depict
229 to learn by heart to memorise
230 to go on to continue
231 may be possibly, perhaps
232 somehow in a certain way
233 job occupation
234 to take on employ
235 to give donate, contribute
236 dad father
237 plane aeroplane
238 (not) smoke. to refrain from smoking
239 to follow these guidelines. to adhere to these guidelines.
240 gran/granny/nana grandmother
241 every year/ each year annually
242 glasses spectacles
243 shop retail outlet
244 fridge refrigerator
245 TV/ telly television
246 boss employer
247 change transform
248 phone you back return your call
249 bin man refuse collector
250 and so on. / and so forth / etc. among other examples. / or avoid using them
251 so very, extremely
252 of course clearly, evidently
253 just simply, only
254 kind of, sort of somewhat