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income
Noun
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Income is the money that you get from working.
Generally, teachers have a lower income than business people.
The company's income has dropped because of poor sales.
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Income is what you get for selling products you make or grow.
He gets a lot of his income from the corn he grows.
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.
capital
Noun
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A capital is the most important city of a country. The government of the country is usually located there.
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The (field) capital is the most important city in that particular field.
Hollywood is the film capital, New York the theater capital, Las Vegas the gambling capital.
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A person's capital is all his money and wealth.
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A capital forms the topmost member of a column or pilaster. It broadens the area of the column's supporting surface.
capital
Adjective
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A capital object or idea is something that is very important.
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very good.
That is a capital idea!
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Involving punishment by death.
Not all felonies are capital crimes.
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One begins a sentence with a capital letter.