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Language adapts to every situation — from casual chats to formal speeches, from slang-filled texts to polished legal documents. This crossword challenges your knowledge of the various registers of English: the vocabulary, tone, and style that shift depending on context, audience, and purpose. How well do you navigate the spectrum from colloquial to elevated language?
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Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 3. relating to expressions natural to speakers
- 7. respectful and considerate in speech
- 8. To record a message
- 9. To a certain or fairly significant extent
- 10. offensive or vulgar language use
- 13. everyday language of ordinary people
- 16. small group of words with meaning
- 17. To use the mind to consider
- 18. At the same time, although
- 19. Prepared for an activity
Down
- 1. choice and use of words in speech
- 2. degree of being formal in language use
- 3. casual relaxed style of communication
- 4. informal conversational language style
- 5. Adverb or conjunction of place
- 6. spoken word or phrase in context
- 11. To talk into the phone
- 12. All members of a group
- 14. Full of danger, opposite of safe
- 15. Later in time than another event
Answers
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Across
- 3. relating to expressions natural to speakers → idiomatic
- 7. respectful and considerate in speech → polite
- 8. To record a message → leave
- 9. To a certain or fairly significant extent → quite
- 10. offensive or vulgar language use → profanity
- 13. everyday language of ordinary people → vernacular
- 16. small group of words with meaning → phrase
- 17. To use the mind to consider → think
- 18. At the same time, although → while
- 19. Prepared for an activity → ready
Down
- 1. choice and use of words in speech → diction
- 2. degree of being formal in language use → formality
- 3. casual relaxed style of communication → informal
- 4. informal conversational language style → colloquial
- 5. Adverb or conjunction of place → where
- 6. spoken word or phrase in context → utterance
- 11. To talk into the phone → speak
- 12. All members of a group → every
- 14. Full of danger, opposite of safe → risky
- 15. Later in time than another event → after
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