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from / frǝm; strong form frɒm / prep ၁။ မွ။ က။ go from London to New York ❍ a wind from the north ❍ Has the train from Bristol arrived? ❍ She comes home from work at 7 pm. ❍ He fell from the seventh floor of a block of flats. ❍ carpets stretching from wall to wall (ie from one wall to the opposite one). ၂။ မွ။ က။ I'm on leave from June 30. ❍ It's due to arrive an hour from now. ❍ We lived in Scotland from 1960 to 1973. ❍ He works from dawn till dusk. ❍ We're open from 8 am till 7 pm every day. ❍ He was blind from birth. ၃။ ထံမွ။ မွ။ က။ a letter/ present / phonecall from my brother ❍ the man from (ie representing) the insurance company. ၄။ မွ။ က။ I'm from New Zealand. ❍ They come from the north. ❍ the boy from the baker's ❍ documents from the 16th century ❍ famous quotations from Shakespeare ❍ music from an opera ❍ draw water from a well ❍ powered by heat from the sun. ၅။ မွ။ က။ 100 yards from the scene of the accident ❍ It's 35 miles from Liverpool to Manchester. ❍ ( fig ) Far from agreeing with him, I was shocked by his remarks. ၆။ …မွ …အထိ။ write from 10 to 15 letters daily ❍ The temperature varies from 30 degrees to minus 20. ❍ Our prices start from $ 2.50 a bottle. ❍ The shop sells everything from shoelaces to typewriters. ၇။ မွ။ က။ Things have gone from bad to worse. ❍ You need a break from routine. ❍ translate from English to Spanish ❍ The bus fare has gone up from 35p to 40p. ❍ From being a librarian she is now a publisher. ၈။ မွ။ က။ Wine is made from grapes. ❍ Steel is made from iron. Compare OF ၆, OUT OF ၄ ၉။ (က) ထံမွ။ မွ။ က။ separated from his mother for long periods ❍ borrow a book from the library ❍ release sb from prison ❍ You can take the money from my purse. ❍ 6 from 14 leaves 8. (ခ) မွ။ က။ protect children from violence ❍ save a boy from drowning ❍ prevent sb from sleeping ❍ This game will stop you from getting bored. ၁၀။ ေၾကာင့္။ ေသာေၾကာင့္။ She felt sick from tiredness. ❍ suffer from cold and hunger ❍ She accompanied him from a sense of loyalty. ၁၁။ မွ။ က။ အရ။ From the evidence we have heard so far… ❍ From her looks I'd say she was Scandinavian. ❍ From what I heard last night we're going to need a new chairperson. ❍ You can tell quite a lot from a person's handwriting. ၁၂။ ႏွင့္။ နဲ႔။ Is Portuguese very different from Spanish? ❍ I can't tell one twin from the other. ❍ How do you know a fake from the original? ၁၃။ မွ။ က။ Seen from above, the town covers a wide area. ❍ From this angle it looks crooked. ❍ From a teacher's point of view this dictionary will be very useful. ❏ from … on [ IDM ] …မွစ၍။ From now on you can work on your own. ❍ From then on she knew she would win. ❍ She never spoke to him again from that day on.

Examples

1. You’ll have to borrow the money from someone else.
2. She wanted an apology from the president.
3. The watch was a present from his daughter.
4. I’m originally from Northern Ireland.
5. Rosie Miller from Stratford
6. East London
7. received the award.
8. She married a pharmacist who comes from Bolton.
9. Those from poor backgrounds should not have to pay.
10. Red wine from California
11. Imports from Japan
12. She collects postcards from all over the world.
13. The music from Offenbach’s opera
14. He’s on the 3 o’clock flight from Chicago.
15. Start from that tree over there and run to the house.
16. [from...to] : We took the train from London to Birmingham.
17. [from...to] : He’s usually in his office from around 9.00 to 6.00.
18. She’s interested in the period from the early 1940s to now.
19. [from now/then/that day on] : From now on things are going to be different around here.
20. I lived with him from the age of twenty.
21. [from...to] : The price of bottled water rose from 20 pence to 45 pence a litre.
22. Frank snatched the pen from Rachel.
23. Two prisoners have escaped from Durham Jail.
24. He took a hammer from his toolbox.
25. Remove the pan from the heat.
26. Several points were taken from the total.
27. Seventeen from thirty-six is nineteen.
28. We live a few miles from the city.
29. We spent the night about eight kilometres from the Uganda-Kenya border.
30. Her hair was still damp from her walk in the rain.
31. She’s been suffering badly from stress.
32. I can tell from your eyes you’re a good man.
33. From what I hear
34. Mr Marlow is not a man to be trusted.
35. [from...to] : A good camera can cost anything from £150 upwards.
36. [from...to] : Evans is charged with offences ranging from burglary to armed assault.
37. [from...to] : The company offers a range of products from haircare to footcare.
38. A team of experts from the Farm Business Consultancy
39. We hardly recognized him when he came back from the war.
40. She was injured in a car crash while returning from a dance.
41. He works from home three days a week.
42. Let’s watch the fireworks from the roof.
43. The toys are made from a very durable plastic.
44. The room was divided by a blanket hanging from the ceiling.
45. Her toe was sticking out from the hole in her shoe.
46. Colesville has changed from a sleepy little town to a bustling city.
47. Reporters were prevented from visiting the scene of the accident.
48. The machine is protected from the weather by a heavy cover.
49. His restlessness kept him from sleeping.
50. This recipe is different from the one I usually use.
51. He should know right from wrong by now.