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verbs
give somebody help
• Do you want me to give you some help?
ask (somebody) for help
• He asked for help with the cleaning.
need help
• Some of the older patients need help with walking.
get/receive help
• She gets no help from her husband.
offer (your) help
• The taxi driver offered his help and we accepted.
provide help
• The goverment should do more to provide help for people who are looking for work.
appeal for help
(= publicly ask for help )
• The police are appealing for help to track down the killer.
enlist sb’s help
(= persuade someone to help you )
• She enlisted the help of a private investigator to find her missing son.
find help
• To get it finished by tomorrow, we’ll need to find help from somewhere.
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adjectives
financial help
• We received a lot of financial help from my family.
professional help
• You need to seek some professional help.
medical help
• She needs urgent medical help.
legal help
• You can find free legal help for your problem by logging onto our website.
technical help
• I might need some technical help understanding the instructions.
practical help
• The organization offers practical help with finding accommodation.
expert help
• If the issues are complex, expert help can be sought from the adoption agency.
verbs
get/receive help from somebody
• You will be able to get confidential help from your doctor.
give (somebody) help
• The fund was set up to give financial help to war veterans.
provide help
• If you have to move, we provide financial help towards the cost.
offer help
• We offer free help for people with debts.
seek help
(= ask for help )
• He decided to seek medical help for his drink problem.
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verb do sth for sb ADV. a lot My mother helps me a lot. | a bit | solicitously He solicitously helped her back into the chair. | out VERB + HELP be able/unable to, can/could Can you help me with my homework? | try to I was only trying to help out. PREP. across I helped her across the road. | into, out of She helped the old man out of the car. | with We all help with the housework. PHRASES help sb to their feet Mike helped the old lady to her feet. | a way of helping the best way of helping your child make sth easier/better ADV. enormously, greatly, immeasurably, a lot, really, tremendously Talking to a counsellor helped her enormously. The whole process was greatly helped by the widespread availability of computers. | a bit, a little | certainly It certainly helped that her father is a duke! VERB + HELP be designed to The minimum wage is designed to help people in low-pay service industries. PREP. in Iron helps in the formation of red blood cells., noun ADJ. big, enormous, great, invaluable, real, substantial, tremendous, valuable You've been a big help?thanks. It's a great help having you around. This is the first scheme to offer real help to working mothers. | generous | direct The careers officer gives direct help as well as advice. | mutual, self- The system is based on mutual help rather than on payment for services. a best-selling author of self-help books | voluntary The homeless centre relies entirely on voluntary help. | immediate | individual Teachers have little time to give individual help to students. | expert, skilled, technical | outside They can usually manage by themselves, but occasionally need outside help. | financial, legal, medical, practical, professional When the symptoms persisted, I decided to seek medical help. VERB + HELP appeal for, ask for, beg for, call for, scream for, seek, send for, shout for, summon Police are appealing for help in catching the killers. I opened the window and called for help. | bring, enlist, fetch, find, get He enlisted the help of a private detective in his search for the truth. He ran to get help. | need, want Do you need any help unloading the car? | get, receive | accept He's too proud to accept help. | come to, give sb, offer (sb), provide (sb with) Passers-by came to the woman's help when she was mugged. HELP + VERB arrive, come He lay injured for four hours before help arrived. | be at hand (informal) Don't panic?help is at hand. HELP + NOUN desk, line (also helpline) For further information, phone our helpline. PREP. beyond ~ Some of the injured animals were beyond help and had to be destroyed. | of ~ The manual is too technical to be of help to the inexperienced user. | with ~ With a little help, I think I could fix the computer myself. We broke open the lock with the help of a spanner. | ~ for The training centre provides special help for the long-term unemployed. | ~ from With help from a parent, a child can do simple cooking. | ~ in Local teachers provided invaluable help in developing the material. | ~ to She's been a big help to her father. | ~ with He'll need help with this homework. PHRASES an appeal/a plea/a request for help The family's request for help went unanswered. | a cry for help I heard a cry for help from inside the building. | in need of help The man was clearly in need of urgent medical help. | an offer of help He rudely rejected her kind offer of help.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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help
to make it easier for someone to do something, by doing something for them or giving them something they need:
• Is there anything I can do to help? • Dad, I can’t do my homework. Will you help me?
assist
formal to help someone:
• He was employed to assist the manager in his duties. • Some of the guests assisted with the preparation of the food.
aid
formal to help someone to do something – used especially when saying that something helps your body to do something:
• Coffee can aid concentration. • Fennel aids the digestion. • There are plenty of materials to aid the teacher.
help out
to help someone, especially because there are not enough people to do all the work, or they need someone to give them something:
• Organizing the school trip will be a lot of work, so I need some volunteers to help out. • My parents have helped us out on several occasions by sending us money.
give somebody a hand
informal to help someone to do something, especially by carrying or lifting things:
• Can you give me a hand moving these boxes? • Dave wants to paint the kitchen and I promised I’d give him a hand.
lend a hand
informal to help someone, especially when there are not enough people to do something:
• Scott is moving on Saturday and we promised to lend a hand. • I went over to see if I could lend a hand., help
the things you do to make it easier or possible for someone to do something:
• Now that I’m working, the kids need to give me more help with the housework. • The book would never have been finished without his help.
assistance
help. Assistance is more formal than help , and is used especially about people giving official help:
• The police are asking the public for their assistance. • The project received financial assistance from the government. • Thank you very much for your assistance, sir. • He set up the business with the assistance of his two sons.
aid
help. Aid is more formal than help , and is used especially about money, food, medicine etc. that is given to countries or people that are in a very bad situation:
• Aid is being sent to areas affected by the earthquake. • The US spends billions of dollars on aid to developing countries. • Another driver stopped and came to his aid .
support
help and encouragement:
• Thanks to everyone who gave us their support. • We could not have won the case without your support.
cooperation
help – used especially when people, organizations, or countries work together to get things done, and show that they are willing to do this:
• a spirit of international cooperation • The cooperation of landowners was needed for the plan to succeed.
backup
extra people, equipment etc that can be used in case people need help:
• The officer waited for backup to arrive before making any arrests.
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