Englishfor English speakers
from
Preposition
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When something is from someone, the person gave or sent it.
I got a gift from my grandmother today.
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When someone is from a place, that's where they started.
I am Chinese. I come from Hunan province.
Sorry I'm late. I just came from school.
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You use from to talk about distances between thing in space or time.
Saturn is far from earth.
School is 5km from my home.
The year 2515 is a long time from now.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
Czech
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adjective
(= Czechoslovakian)
of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language
The Czech border
Czechoslovak nationalists
The Czechoslovakian population
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noun
a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic
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noun
the Slavic language of Czechs
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noun
(= Czechoslovakian)
a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia
republic
Noun
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A republic is a country that has leaders elected that are by the people.
Many have pointed out that the United States is a republic, not a pure democracy.