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lift
Verb
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Someone lifts something when they use their hands to make the thing go up.
He lifted the little boy onto his shoulders.
She lifted the heavy box from the floor onto the table.
He is lifting some suitcases.
lift
Noun
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If you give someone a lift, you drive them somewhere, usually in your car.
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A lift is a machine that lifts people up or down to different parts of a building.
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.