Vocab-ability Suffix–324 (__age = noun suffix) – A More Powerful Vocabulary (earn UpVotes with “Vocab Practice” exercise)

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Good contest @majes.tytyty

"MY VOCAB PRACTICE."

  1. Usage.
    The staff members took full advantage of the usage of the company's limousine.

  2. Mileage.
    Some companies requiring you to travel will reimburse your mileage when you drive instead of fly.

  3. Marriage.
    She told me her marriage lasted 25 years, 4 days and 16 hours, and she was mostly miserable for about 20 of those years.


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. Usage of the word gay has changed over time from meaning bright and cheerful, to meaning a homosexual person.

  2. The Inland Revenue allows tax breaks on business mileage allowance payments.

  3. Most tax systems confer additional tax breaks for couples to encourage marriage.


Good work!

"MY VOCAB PRACTICE"

1.Usage:
The usage of non-renewable resources is on greater heights these days.

  1. Mileage:
    My dad bought a new car which could as well count the mileage travelled.

  2. Marriage:
    I was glad to attend the marriage of Robert and Christine.


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. usage
    He didn't know to make usage of the new presents he got.
  2. mileage
    Even if some of my true friends are mileages away, this aspect doesn't make us stop talking and visiting each other.
  3. marriage
    Personally, I don't believe in marriage unless you feel like doing it from the bottom of your heart and not just follow what everybody else does.


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. In a bid to increase usage of the newly constructed high ways, the government had to lower the toll taxes on them by up-to 85%.
  2. Toyota corollas has been known to cover the best mileage per unit of gasoline consumed!
  3. Being the only surviving heir to the throne, Prince Kelly had no choice but to accept his marriage arrangements by the King.


Good work!

My Vocab Practice

1.-In Venezuela there are words that have a different usege or meaning, depending on the state in which you are.

2.-I feel that it does not matter how many times you get married. Your happiness or unhappiness will depend on what is built as a couple because each marriage is different.

3.-The condition of a car is measured by its mileage


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. The machine has not exceeded it's daily usage.
  2. My car's meter is reading a wrong mileage.
  3. The Marriage institution is the best institution on Earth.

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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. The housewife got a lot of usage from her Egyptian cotton sheets, which lasted for 20 years despite multiple washes.

  2. The mileage on the car topped 200,000 and the counter then got stuck.

  3. Meghan Markle is on her second marriage, this time to Prince Harry.


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. The degree of usage of my kid clothes is close to none since he grows so fast.
  2. I do a lot of mileage when I go on vacation since I love to walk and explore new places.
  3. Mariage seems to be taken lightly with all those separations and divorces, not sure that people realize what it is exactly a mariage.


Good work!

For some people, marriage is a trap. Sad....