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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.
same
Adjective
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Two things are the same if the two things have one size, and one shape, and one color, etc.
Sometimes we wear the same shirt.
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The one that was talked about before. A thing is the same thing if there are not two things, there is only one.
That man there is the same man I saw yesterday.
stable
Adjective
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If something is stable, it is unlikely to move or change.
That number has remained relatively stable over the years.
Ghana is often cited as one of the most stable democracies in West Africa.
Five of the six victims remained hospitalized Tuesday in stable condition.
Children need a stable environment at home.
Our bodies maintain a stable body temperature.
These young adults have relatively close and stable relationships with their parents.
The Middle East is less stable today than at any time in the past quarter century.
Each couple must on average have slightly more than two children if a population is to remain stable.
Iron-57 and iron-58 are fairly stable, but iron-59 decays to cobalt-59 in a month.
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If you are stable, you are calm and don't get upset easily.
I'm a lot more stable than I was as a teen.
Feeling happy, secure, and stable with the guy you're dating doesn't mean he's boring.