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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

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announce sth: They haven't formally announced their engagement yet. ☊ announce ☊
Senior management have given their seal of approval (= formal approval) to the plans. ☊ approval ☊
for the attention of... (= written on the envelope of an official letter to say who should deal with it) ☊ attention ☊
Complete a claim form (= an official document which you must use in order to request money from an organization). ☊ claim ☊
The offer has been accepted, subject to contract (= the agreement is not official until the contract is signed). ☊ contract ☊
Is the Western a dead art form? ☊ dead ☊
The government has declared war on (= officially stated its intention to stop) illiteracy. ☊ declare ☊
Official projections of the spread of AIDS have mercifully been revised downwards (= it has been predicted that the disease will not spread as fast as had earlier been suggested). ☊ downwards ☊
She completed her formal education in 1995. ☊ education ☊
radio, television and other forms of entertainment ☊ entertainment ☊
official government estimates of traffic growth over the next decade ☊ estimate ☊
Their frustration needs some form of expression. ☊ expression ☊
Players are only reselected if they retain their form on the field (= when they are playing a match). ☊ field ☊
The disease can take several different forms. ☊ form ☊
Help in the form of money will be very welcome. ☊ form ☊
Help arrived in the form of two police officers. ☊ form ☊
The training programme takes the form of a series of workshops. ☊ form ☊
Most political questions involve morality in some form or other. ☊ form ☊
We need to come to some form of agreement. ☊ form ☊
I'm opposed to censorship in any shape or form. ☊ form ☊
forms of transport/government/energy ☊ form ☊
He kept the tone of the letter formal and businesslike. ☊ formal ☊
to make a formal apology/complaint/request ☊ formal ☊
Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were re-established in December. ☊ formal ☊
It is time to put these arrangements on a slightly more formal basis. ☊ formal ☊
Young children are beginning their formal education sometimes as early as four years old. ☊ formal ☊
The accounts were formally approved by the board. ☊ formally ☊
Although not formally trained as an art historian, he is widely respected for his knowledge of the period. ☊ formally ☊
This design aims for harmony of form and function. ☊ function ☊
to hand in your notice/resignation (= formally tell your employer that you want to stop working for them) ☊ hand sth in (to sb) ☊
A notice informed the guests that formal dress was required. ☊ inform ☊
Discussions are held on an informal basis within the department. ☊ informal ☊
The aim of the trip was to make informal contact with potential customers. ☊ informal ☊
Vegetation patterns changed when goats were introduced to the island. ☊ introduce ☊
The new rules could mean the end of football as we know it (= in the form that we are familiar with). ☊ know ☊
Is English an official language in your country? ☊ language ☊
The official launch date is in May. ☊ launch ☊
to pass a law (= officially make it part of the system of laws) ☊ law ☊
low forms of life (= creatures with a very simple structure) ☊ low ☊
the Prime Minister's official residence ☊ official ☊
He made an official visit to Tokyo in March. ☊ official ☊
an official announcement/decision/statement ☊ official ☊
according to official statistics/figures ☊ official ☊
the official biography of the President ☊ official ☊
An official inquiry has been launched into the cause of the accident. ☊ official ☊
The country's official language is Spanish. ☊ official ☊
I intend to lodge an official complaint (= to complain to sb in authority). ☊ official ☊
I only knew the official version of events. ☊ official ☊
The official story has always been that they are just good friends. ☊ official ☊
The official opening is planned for October. ☊ official ☊
The library will be officially opened by the local MP. ☊ officially ☊
We haven't yet been told officially about the closure. ☊ officially ☊
The college is not an officially recognized English language school. ☊ officially ☊
Many of those living on the streets are not officially homeless. ☊ officially ☊
I'm not officially supposed to be here. ☊ officially ☊
the official opening of the new hospital ☊ opening ☊
The argument continued until the chairman called them both to order (= ordered them to obey the formal rules of the meeting). ☊ order ☊
No official permission has been given for the event to take place. ☊ permission ☊
to seek international/official/formal recognition as a sovereign state ☊ recognition ☊
register sb + adj.: register (sb) as sth: She is officially registered (as) disabled. ☊ register ☊
secondary to sth: Raising animals was only secondary to other forms of farming. ☊ secondary ☊
official/State secrets ☊ secret ☊
The government provides money in the shape of (= consisting of) grants and student loans. ☊ shape ☊
English became the official language for business in spite of the fact that the population was largely Chinese. ☊ in spite of sth ☊
a formal/ a public/a written/an official statement ☊ statement ☊
Street sport is informal and based on whatever people want to play. ☊ street ☊
an unofficial/a one-day strike ☊ strike ☊
Swimming is a good form of exercise. ☊ swimming ☊
'Register' is the term commonly used to describe different levels of formality in language. ☊ term ☊
The official title of the job is 'Administrative Assistant'. ☊ title ☊
Music is quite unlike any other art form. ☊ unlike ☊