Thread by @clarkstewart10

For research:
Informal words to formal.
A thread.

say sorry - apologize
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, It’s in regards to
need to - required
think about - consider
get - obtain
put up - tolerate
deal with - handle
seem - appear

show - demonstrate, 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, inform
block - undermine
give the go ahead, greenlight - authorize

Not mine. Credits to Emma (No surname indicated to the page).
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Anyways - Nevertheless
Plus/Also - Moreover/ Furthermore
But - However
So - Therefore/Thus
Also - In addition, Additionally
ASAP - as soon as possible/at your earliest convenience
Okay - acceptable
In the mean time - In the interim
I think - In my opinion,
In the end - Finally

lots of/ a lot of - much, many
tons of, heaps of - large quantities of, a number of
totally - completely, strongly
really, very - definitely
kids - children
bad - negative
good - positive
really big - considerable
right - correct
wrong - incorrect
smart - intelligent

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