I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , considerable , enormous , great , huge , immense , invaluable , real , substantial , tremendous , valuable
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You've been a big help—thanks.
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It's a great ~ having you around.
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This plan offers real ~ to working mothers.
▪ generous
▪ much-needed
▪ direct
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The careers officer gives direct ~ as well as advice.
▪ additional , extra
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Is there any extra ~ for disabled students?
▪ mutual
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The system is based on mutual ~ rather than on payment for services.
▪ voluntary ( BrE ), volunteer
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The homeless shelter relies entirely on volunteer ~.
▪ federal , international
▪ immediate
▪ emergency
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The organization provides emergency ~ for refugees.
▪ online
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The software comes with excellent online ~.
▪ individual
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Teachers have little time to give individual ~ to students.
▪ expert , skilled , specialist ( BrE ), technical
▪ practical
▪ outside
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They can usually manage by themselves, but occasionally need outside ~.
▪ domestic , household ( esp. AmE ), kitchen
▪ financial , legal , medical , professional , psychiatric
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When the symptoms persisted, I decided to seek medical ~.
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Injured dancers should always seek professional ~.
VERB + HELP
▪ get , have , receive
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They had substantial ~ from farmers.
▪ appeal for ( esp. BrE ), ask for , beg for , call for , request , scream for , seek , send for , shout for , solicit ( esp. AmE )
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Police are appealing for ~ in catching the killers.
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I opened the window and called for ~.
▪ bring , enlist , fetch ( BrE ), find , get , obtain , recruit , summon
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He enlisted the ~ of a private detective in his search for the truth.
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He ran to get ~.
▪ could use ( AmE ), need , require , want
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Do you need any ~ unloading the car?
▪ accept
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He's too proud to accept ~.
▪ refuse
▪ come to , give sb , offer (sb) , provide (sb with)
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Passers-by came to the woman's ~ when she was mugged.
▪ appreciate , welcome
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I really appreciate your ~.
▪ acknowledge
HELP + VERB
▪ arrive , come
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He lay injured for four hours before ~ arrived.
▪ be at hand ( informal )
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Don't panic—help is at hand.
HELP + NOUN
▪ desk , line (usually helpdesk , helpline )
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For further information, call our helpline.
▪ menu
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The program has a ~ menu.
PREPOSITION
▪ beyond ~
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Some of the injured animals were beyond ~ and had to be destroyed.
▪ of ~
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The manual is too technical to be of ~ to the user.
▪ with ~
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With a little ~, I think I could fix the computer myself.
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We broke open the lock with the ~ of a hammer.
▪ ~ for
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They provide special ~ for the long-term unemployed.
▪ ~ from
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With ~ from a parent, a child can do simple cooking.
▪ ~ in
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Local teachers provided invaluable ~ in developing the material.
▪ ~ to
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She's been a big ~ to her father.
▪ ~ with
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He'll need ~ with this homework.
PHRASES
▪ an appeal, a plea, a request, etc. for ~
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The family's request for ~ went unanswered.
▪ a cry for ~
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I heard a cry for ~ from inside the building.
▪ in need of ~
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The man was clearly in need of urgent medical ~.
▪ an offer of ~
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He rudely rejected her kind offer of ~.
II.
verb
1 do sth for sb
ADVERB
▪ a lot
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My mother ~s me a lot.
▪ a bit ( esp. BrE ), a little
▪ gently
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He gently ~ed her back into the chair.
▪ actively
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He had actively ~ed many Jews to escape.
VERB + HELP
▪ be able to , can
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Can you ~ me with my homework?
▪ be unable to , cannot
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I'm afraid I can't ~ you.
▪ try to
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I was only trying to ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ across
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I ~ed her across the road.
▪ into
▪ out of
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She ~ed the old man out of the car.
▪ with
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We all ~ with the housework.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sb to their feet
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Mike ~ed the old lady to her feet.
▪ a way of ~ing
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the best way of ~ing your child
2 make sth easier/better
ADVERB
▪ considerably , dramatically , enormously , greatly , immeasurably , a lot , really , significantly , tremendously
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Talking to a counsellor/counselor ~ed her enormously.
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The whole process was greatly ~ed by the widespread availability of computers.
▪ a bit ( esp. BrE ), a little
▪ certainly , definitely , undoubtedly
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It certainly ~ed that her father is a millionaire!
▪ surely
▪ supposedly
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Lavender oil supposedly ~s you sleep.
▪ hardly
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His statement hardly ~ed his case.
▪ not necessarily
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Intense guilt won't necessarily ~ here.
▪ in some way , somehow
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I thought a walk would ~ somehow.
▪ financially
▪ directly
▪ generally
▪ inadvertently , unwittingly
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Many people inadvertently ~ thieves by leaving keys in full view.
VERB + HELP
▪ be designed to
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The minimum wage is designed to ~ people in low-pay service industries.
PREPOSITION
▪ in
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Iron ~s in the formation of red blood cells.
Help is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ drug
Help is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ business , ↑ case , ↑ cause , ↑ client , ↑ customer , ↑ digestion , ↑ economy , ↑ immigrant , ↑ industry , ↑ mankind , ↑ morale , ↑ neighbour , ↑ pain , ↑ prepare , ↑ rebel , ↑ recovery , ↑ refugee , ↑ relative , ↑ sick , ↑ situation , ↑ student , ↑ sufferer , ↑ survivor , ↑ victim