from

from
[[t]frɒm[/t]] UK / US
prep
1) (indicating starting place) von, (indicating origin etc) aus + dat

a letter/telephone call from my sister — ein Brief/Anruf von meiner Schwester

where do you come from? — woher kommen Sie?

to drink from the bottle — aus der Flasche trinken

2) (indicating time) von... an, (past) seit

from one o'clock to o until o till two — von ein Uhr bis zwei

from January (on) — ab Januar

3) (indicating distance) von... (entfernt)
4) (indicating price, number etc) ab + dat

from Ј10 — ab Ј10

there were from 20 to 30 people there — es waren zwischen 20 und 30 Leute da

5)

(indicating difference) he can't tell red from green — er kann nicht zwischen Rot und Grün unterscheiden

to be different from sb/sth — anders sein als jd/etw

6)

(because of, based on) from what he says — aus dem, was er sagt

weak from hunger — schwach vor Hunger


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