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  1. Journey/voyage/trip

Journey is any kind of travel of a certain distance. Voyage looks like the French 'voyage' but means travel by sea only. Both terms have lost the race against trip, that very short and ordinary-looking word. Trip used to mean a short journey by land, sea or air. Now it can be travel of any distance: We are going on a trip to the mountains. (23 miles) Have a good trip! (They are flying around the world.) Trip is not suitable when referring to distance or time. You then need the other two words: She has a journey of eight miles to get to the office. Europe-Australia can mean a voyage of five weeks.

  1. Likely/apt/liable

Likely indicates that something is expected to happen, that it is probable: The application is likely to be approved tomorrow. Apt is applied to people or animals and denotes a tendency, a characteristic action or reaction: She is apt to be offended by your lack of interest. Liable is similar in meaning to likely and apt, but has a negative connotation, i.e. that something unpleasant will happen: If you use this shampoo, your hair is liable to fall out.

  1. Packet/parcel/package/pack

Packet is usually small, often machine-wrapped: A packet of envelopes. Parcel is of medium size, usually what you can carry or send through the post. The wrapping is normally done by an amateur like you and me. Package is bigger than a parcel. If you send me three towels, you make a parcel. If you send two dozen, you make a package. Pack can be the American equivalent of packet: A packet of cigarettes (British) - a pack of cigarettes (American). It is also a container for easy carrying: A six-pack of beer, for example. Back pack? That's the modern type of rucksack.

  1. Sufficient/enough/adequate/ample

Sufficient is the same as enough but more formal. Adequate is just enough and no more. Our hotel room was adequate indicates no special enthusiasm. Ample is more than enough: Stop! Seven potatoes is ample!

  1. Under/below/underneath

Under is the most common preposition of the three. It describes situation or means less than: I found it under the house. It cost under ten dollars. Below applies to situation: They live below us. (This can be more than one storey lower) A fracture below the knee. It is also used in a few expressions: below expectations, below freezing point, below his rank, below the belt, etc. Underneath describes situation, usually the immediate underside: It was underneath the table top. They live underneath us. (On the floor directly under ours). Beneath is little used. It survives in such phrases as 'it was beneath his dignity'.

  1. Wages/salary/fee

Wages are normally paid weekly for manual work, piece work or the lower grades of clerical work. A salary is paid monthly to any other kind of employee. You pay a fee for professional services, i.e. work consisting of a specific job and not a fixed work period: medical fees, an architect's fee, legal fees, audit fees, and so on.

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