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Why does this sentence

> ご飯を食べてから部屋を掃除してください。

has

> から

Considering that the translation given is

> After eating, please clean your room.

I thought with the given sentence it should be translated along the lines of
"Since you have eaten - clean your room". With that "since" being derived from
から.

Can someone please explain this nuance in both cases?
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て-form particle-から
Why does this sentence ご飯を食べてから部屋を掃除してください。 has から?
「te-form + から」(「連用形 + て + から」) means "After doing~~".  
食べ **て** から → after eating

「end form/終止形 + から」(「dictionary form + から」「連用形 + た + から」 etc.) means
"Since/Because (someone) do/did~~".  
食べ **る** から → since/because (you) eat  
食べ **た** から → since/because (you) ate
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Further to Shoko's answer, I'd say that there's also a difference in meaning:
in the sentence without から (ご飯を食べて部屋を掃除してください) the ください goes with both verbs,
so the speaker is making two requests - (a) please eat your meal and (b)
please clean the room, whereas in the sentence with から the ください.only applies
to the second verb, so the speaker is only making one request - please clean
your room. I'd translate the first as "Please eat your meal then clean the
room" and the second as "When you've eaten your meal clean the room please".
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