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working
Noun
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The workings of something is how it functions.
He showed us the machine's inner workings.
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.
home
Noun
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Where a person lives. Usually, where people keep their things that they are not carrying, and where they sleep.
home
Preposition
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If you go home, you go to the place where you live.
He brought the money straight home to his mother.
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If you are home, you are in the place where you live.
I'm home all evening, so give me a call.
today
Pronoun
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Today is the current day, the day that is happening now, the day between yesterday and tomorrow.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
I have class today.
Today's meeting should be short.
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Today is modern times; the present in general.
Today we don't have many of the old problems but we have many new ones.