Cover of the textbook New Headway Intermediate - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11 - Vocabulary for the textbook New Headway Intermediate - Workbook with authors Liz Soars, John Soars and Paul Hancock from Oxford University Press

Question

Match the phrasal verbs in A with their meanings in B. Which is more formal, A or B?

Answer

  1. sort out = solve
  2. get over = recover from
  3. let down = disappoint
  4. find out = discover
  5. call off = cancel

B is more formal.