单词	help
释义	help1 verbhelp2 noun helphelp1 /help/ ●●● S1 W1 verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINhelp1 Origin: Old English helpan Verb Table VERB TABLE help Simple Form Present I, you, we, they help he, she, it helps Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they helped Present perfect I, you, we, they have helped he, she, it has helped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had helped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will help Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have helped Continuous Form Present I am helping he, she, it is helping you, we, they are helping Past I, he, she, it was helping you, we, they were helping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been helping he, she, it has been helping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been helping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be helping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been helping Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES "Did you enjoy the trip?" asked Jack, helping her out of the boat. Help me lift this, will you? All this arguing isn't going to help us win the election. Crying's not going to help. Dad, I don't understand my homework. Will you help me? Dan's mother has been great about helping with the kids. Do you want me to help you with those bags? Her uncle said he would help her to find a job. I'm ready to help. Is there something for me to do? I took a couple of aspirin for my headache, but they didn't help. It is hoped that the tax increases will help to stabilize the economy. Part of the assistant's job is to help to organize conferences and keep the director informed. Spending time in Spain should help improve her Spanish. The latest report should help us to evaluate the true benefits of the program. The money will be used to help starving children around the world. The plan was intended to help development in rural areas. The warm weather this spring has certainly helped the farmers. Warren offered to help clean up the house after the party. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And that could help to bring an early end to the recession for the traders. Another crew chief from the ship behind us helped Leese with his straps. But does Bush ever haul out the millionaire investment banker or oil baron to show whom he will be helping? He was banking on at least $ 675 million in savings initiated by New York state to help. She had helped to prepare the table. The company said it is holding shares to help finance possible acquisitions in the future. The union thus helps people develop a greater sense of money management. Thesaurus THESAURUS► 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. Longman Language Activatorto help someone► help to make it easier for someone to do something by doing part of their work, showing them what to do, or giving them something they need: · I'm ready to help. Is there something for me to do?· Dad, I don't understand my homework. Will you help me?· The money will be used to help starving children around the world.help with: · Dan's mother has been great about helping with the kids.help do something: · Warren offered to help clean up the house after the party.help to do something: · Part of the assistant's job is to help to organize conferences and keep the director informed.help somebody do something: · Help me lift this, will you?help somebody to do something: · Her uncle said he would help her to find a job.help somebody with something: · Do you want me to help you with those bags?help somebody into/off/across/down etc (=help someone go somewhere): · "Did you enjoy the trip?" asked Jack, helping her out of the boat. ► give/lend a hand informal to help someone do something, especially something they have to do in their home such as carrying or lifting things: · Scott is moving Saturday and I promised to lend a hand.give/lend somebody a hand: · Give me a hand and let's see if we can get this box in the car.give/lend a hand with: · Could you give me a hand with the shopping. ► assist formal to help someone do something, especially by doing all the easier or less important things for them so that their job is easier: · Can you do the job alone, or do you want someone to assist you?assist in: · In this position, you will assist in training new employees.assist with: · Some of the guests assisted with the preparation of the food.assist somebody in/with something: · A consultant has been brought in to assist management in restructuring the company. ► do something for to help someone by doing something for them that they would normally do themselves: · If you're not feeling well, I'll do the shopping for you.· Did you have someone do your homework for you? It doesn't look like your writing. ► do somebody a favour British /favor American to do something to help someone, especially a friend or someone you know well: · Could you do me a favour and mail these letters for me?· She's always doing favours for us. The least we can do is help her out now.do somebody a big favour/favor (=help someone a lot): · They did us a big favor by letting us stay there, you know. ► help out to help someone do something, especially because there are not enough people to do all the work: · Their son used to help out in the shop when it was busy.· Organizing the school trip will be a lot of work, so I need some volunteers to help out.help out with: · The kids are always good about helping out with the chores.help somebody out: · While I'm gone, try to help your Mom out, OK?help out somebody: · No need to thank me - I was just glad to help out a friend. ► do somebody a good turn to help someone by doing something for them that they have not asked you to do, because you think they need your help and you want to help them: · She's always happy to do a stranger a good turn.· He did me a good turn when he advised me not to sell my house - it's worth twice as much now. ► do your bit British /do your part American to do what you can to help in a bad or difficult situation, especially because you think you are expected to do it or that it is your duty: · I've done my bit - now it's up to you.do your bit for: · Brown feels that she's done her part for the Democratic Party. ► come to somebody's aid/assistance formal to offer to help someone who is in difficulty and who will not be able to continue without your help: · It took an ambulance 27 minutes to come to the aid of the accident victims.· Many expect the central government to come to the assistance of the ailing industry. ► give help/assistance/support to help a person or group: give help/assistance/support to: · The program gives assistance to unemployed mothers and their children.give somebody help/assistance/support: · My family gave me very little support when I decided to go back to college. · Any kind of help you can give would be greatly appreciated. to help someone by making them feel more confident and less worried► encourage to say or do things that help someone feel confident enough to do something, for example by telling them they are good enough to do it, by giving them advice etc: · She was always looking for ways to encourage her students.encourage somebody to do something: · I would never have won if my friends hadn't encouraged me to keep trying. ► be supportive to make someone feel less worried and more confident by talking to them in a sympathetic way and giving them practical help: · It was a difficult decision, but my family was very supportive.be supportive of: · My husband has always been very supportive of everything that I do. ► support to help someone by being sympathetic and kind to them during a difficult time in their life: · She is my daughter, and I will love and support her no matter what happens.· I am very grateful to members of the faculty who have supported me in so many ways. ► give somebody moral support to help someone, especially someone who is in a difficult situation, by telling them that they are right in what they are doing, and encouraging them to be brave, confident, etc: · She was very nervous about the interview, so I went along to give her some moral support.· The US is giving the rebel leaders moral support, but so far no weapons. to help something to happen► help to help something such as an improvement to happen: · The plan was intended to help development in rural areas.help do something: · Spending time in Spain should help improve her Spanish.help to do something: · It is hoped that the tax increases will help to stabilize the economy. ► encourage to make something more likely to happen or make people more likely to do something, often something that you think they should not do: · Congress is considering tax breaks to encourage investment.· Damp conditions encourage the growth of the fungus.encourage somebody to do something: · Cigarette machines in the streets will only encourage more teenagers to smoke. ► promote formal: promote good relations/cooperation/trade etc to help something good to happen or to develop and increase: · The aim of the meeting is to promote trade between the two countries.· A balanced diet promotes good health and normal development. ► aid formal to help something get better, develop, grow etc: · The country's economic recovery has been aided by increased international trade.· The large number of Latino voters aided Garcia's victory in the last election. ► benefit to give advantages to someone or something, so that something can improve: · Critics argue that the tax cuts will only benefit large companies.· Admission is $5, with proceeds benefiting a local children's charity. ► advance/further to help something you are trying to do to be successful: · Separatist rebels have used terrorism to advance their cause in the region.· The associations allow professionals to band together to further their interests. ► be conducive to formal if a situation is conducive to something such as work, rest etc, it provides the conditions that make it easier: · All this noise is hardly conducive to rest and relaxation.· We want to create an atmosphere conducive to serious discussion. ► give something a boost to help something such as a business so that it suddenly begins to develop more quickly: · The recent drop in interest rates has given the economy a much needed boost.give sth a boost to: · The central government also privatized farmland, giving a boost to food production. ► be favourable for/to British /be favorable for/to American written if conditions are favourable for or to something such as an agreement or an improvement in a situation, they make it more likely to happen: · The conditions are now favorable for job creation and economic growth.· The conference has produced a political climate that is favourable to a peace settlement. ways of saying that something helps you to do something► help to make it easier for someone to do something or to make a difficult situation easier: · I took a couple of aspirin for my headache, but they didn't help.· The warm weather this spring has certainly helped the farmers.help somebody do something: · All this arguing isn't going to help us win the election.help somebody to do something: · The latest report should help us to evaluate the true benefits of the program. ► assist formal to help someone do something: · They have developed a computerized system that will greatly assist all library users.assist somebody in/with something: · The guide is written to assist consumers in choosing the best insurance plan. ► aid formal to help someone or something achieve something, by making the situation that they are in easier: · The new government grants are intended to aid small businesses.· Our ability to combat organized crime has been aided by our partnership with local police.aid in: · The new equipment has been provided to aid in the diagnosis of liver disorders. ► be a help if something is a help , it makes it easier for you to do something, especially something that would be difficult to do without it: · For the teachers, just having more books and equipment would be a help.be a big/great/real help: · Stating your objectives clearly will be a great help in organizing the research. ► helpful making it likely to be easier for you to do or achieve something: · If you're looking for a good guidebook, I found this one to be very helpful.· She gave us some helpful advice about renting apartments.helpful in: · Giving the test can be helpful in deciding the best way to treat a patient.it is helpful to do something: · It's helpful to prepare a list of questions before going to an interview. ► beneficial actions, experiences, changes etc that are beneficial help to improve someone's situation or give them an advantage: · The relationship between the two companies has been mutually beneficial.beneficial to: · Recent studies show that moderate amounts of alcohol are beneficial to health.beneficial effect/impact/result: · There is no evidence that the diet pills have any beneficial effect on weight loss. ► be a boon something that is a boon happens or is given to you, especially unexpectedly, and makes it much easier for you to do something: · Having a bicycle was a tremendous boon as our house was so far from the village.be a boon to/for: · The current low exchange rates are a boon for exporters.· Increased competition among airlines will prove to be a boon to tourists. ► with the aid of if you do something with the aid of something, especially an object, you need that thing to help you do it: · The bacteria can only be seen with the aid of a high power microscope.· Since the accident he's only been able to walk with the aid of a cane. someone who helps another person to do something► assistant someone who is employed to help someone do their job, especially by doing all the easier or less important things for them so that their job is made easier: · The dentist had her assistant sterilise the instruments.assistant to: · Lydia is the assistant to the Director of Finance.assistant manager/director/editor etc: · Winston got a job as assistant manager at Wal-Mart. ► helper someone who helps someone else to do something, especially when they want to do it and are not paid for it: · Ella works at the hospital once a week as a voluntary helper.· Helpers are needed to run the book stall and man the bar. ► aide someone who is employed to help a very important person, especially someone in politics or government: · An aide confirmed this week that the President will not be running for re-election.aide to: · Anderson has worked as an aide to the mayor for three years. ► aide also aid American: teacher's aid/nurse's aid someone whose job is to help a teacher, nurse etc to do their work, especially by doing the less important jobs: · Amelia went to work as a nurse's aide in the children's wing of the hospital.· As a teacher's aide, I help watch the children and run errands for the teacher. ► accomplice someone who helps someone else in a crime: · Evans could not have carried out the robbery without an accomplice.· One man held a gun on her while his accomplice took the money.accomplice in/to: · She has been accused of being an accomplice in the kidnapping. ► right-hand man the person who someone in a position of authority depends on most to help and support them: · Beria, the head of the KGB, was Stalin's right-hand man.· Newman's resignation leaves his boss without a right-hand man. help that is given► help · If I need any help I'll call you.· I'm having trouble paying the rent, but I don't want to ask my parents for help.help with · Would you like some help with those suitcases?with help from somebody · We managed to buy the house with a little help from Dave's parents.with the help of somebody/something · With the help of a nicotine patch she was able to quit smoking.get help (=find someone to help you) · You go get help - I'll wait here with the car. ► assistance formal something you provide in order to help someone do something: · Patients can usually walk without assistance within a week of the operation.· The federal agency provides assistance to families whose homes were destroyed by flooding.· The company has a toll-free number that offers technical assistance to anyone who needs it.be of assistance: · Our tour guides will be pleased to be of assistance if you have any problems. ► a hand informal practical help from someone when something needs to be done: · Everybody needs a hand now and then.a hand with: · I could use a hand with the yard work if you're not busy.lend/give somebody a hand: · Could you give me a hand moving those boxes? ► aid help, especially money, that an organization or country gives to another country or to people who are in a very difficult situation: · Aid is not getting through to the refugees.· Each year, the U.S. sends more than $1.8 billion in aid to sub-Saharan Africa. ► support equipment, money, or help from other people that is available for you to use when you need it: · I'd like to thank you all for your support in the upcoming election.· Our two company lawyers provide all the legal support we need. ► service help given to customers of a particular business, by the people who work there: · I thought the service in the pizza place was very good.provide a service: · We knew the shop would never survive if we didn't provide a good service from the minute we opened the doors. ► back-up/backup people, equipment etc that are provided to be used if people need help: · This department needs more secretarial and clerical back-up.· Police had to wait for backup to arrive before making any arrests. ► encouragement something such as praise or advice from other people that helps give someone the confidence and determination to do something: · Children need lots of encouragement when they're learning new things.words of encouragement: · After his speech, he shook hands and offered words of encouragement to people in the crowd. by way of encouragement (=in order to encourage someone): · "But you're doing a great job," he added by way of encouragement. words for describing someone who is helpful► helpful · Thanks, Sam. You've been very helpful.· A helpful woman at the tourist office gave me some tips on places to visit. ► be a help if someone is a help , they make it easier for you to do something: · Thanks for looking after the children - you've really been a help.be a big/great/real help: · Jim was a big help getting the house ready for the party. ► cooperative also co-operative British someone who is cooperative helps someone who has asked them to help, by working together with them and not causing any problems: · Some of the students are highly cooperative and attentive, but unfortunately, most aren't.· The suspect has been cooperative with investigators, but he shows little remorse. ► obliging formal someone who is obliging is always ready to help and enjoys helping people, even people who are unreasonable or difficult: · The shop assistants were very obliging, and brought me at least fifteen pairs of shoes to try on. ► accommodating someone who is accommodating is willing to do what someone else wants, even if this is not the best thing for themselves, in order to help them or make them more comfortable: · He was very accommodating, always asking if I needed anything.· She's so nice and accommodating, I'm afraid people will take advantage of her. words for describing someone or something that is not helpful► not helpful/unhelpful · He bought a book on relaxation techniques but it wasn't very helpful.· The authorities weren't helpful at all when Rob reported his passport stolen.· I found the sales assistants most unhelpful. ► be no help/not be any help/not be much help if something or someone is no help they do not help you do something or get something: · Clarissa was no help - she just sat around and watched TV.· The phrase book wasn't much help in carrying on a conversation. ► uncooperative not wanting to help someone who wants you to help them, especially by deliberately opposing them or stopping them doing something easily: · Many of the older patients are uncooperative and difficult for the nurses to handle.· Hubbel has been a very uncooperative witness. ► useless especially spoken not giving any help - use this when you are annoyed with someone or something because they should help you but they do not: · I tried calling the tax office but they were completely useless.completely/absolutely useless: · There's no point reading the instructions - they're completely useless. ► not lift a finger if someone does not lift a finger , they do not help when help is wanted or needed, especially because they are lazy: · She stayed with us for two weeks and never lifted a finger the whole time.· Police knew there would be a fight, but they didn't lift a finger to try and stop it. having no one to help you► on your own/by yourself if you do something on your own or by yourself you do it without help from anyone else: · Peter cooked everything by himself - he wouldn't even let me in the kitchen.· I doubt I would have been able to find this job on my own.all on your own/all by yourself (=used to emphasize that you do not have any help): · You mean to tell me he painted the whole house all by himself? ► helpless needing help because you cannot do anything for yourself or you need protection: · Why are you so afraid of a helpless old woman?· Frightened and helpless, Alvin wondered if they might kill him.utterly helpless: · His mother's death left the boy feeling utterly helpless and alone. when the police, a court etc asks someone about a crime► question to ask someone a lot of questions to find out what they know about a crime: · They questioned her for three hours before releasing her.question somebody about something: · The lawyer questioned me about how money was transmitted to Mexico.question somebody closely (=carefully, asking a lot of difficult questions): · After questioning the suspect closely, investigators decided he was not a part of the drug operation. ► interrogate to keep asking a lot of questions for a long time, sometimes using threats, in order to get information: · The police interrogated Waters for 24 hours until he confessed.· Army officers have been accused of using unorthodox methods when interrogating enemy prisoners.interrogate somebody about something: · I was interrogated at length about my conversation with the two men. ► cross-examine also cross-question British if a lawyer cross-examines or cross-questions someone in a law court, they ask them a series of questions about their previous statements in order to find out whether they have been telling the truth: · The first lawyer cross-examined the defendant for over three hours.· When the witness was cross-questioned, it became clear that his earlier testimony was not entirely true. ► carry out door-to-door inquiries British if the police carry out door-to-door inquiries, they go to all the houses in a particular area to ask the people living there what they know about a crime: · Police are carrying out door-to-door inquiries on the Hazelwood Estate. ► be helping police with their inquiries to be formally being asked questions by the police about a crime - used especially in news reports about someone who the police think is guilty of a crime but who has not been officially charged: · A man is helping police with their inquiries after a mother and her young baby were found dead at their home last night. when something is not someone's fault► be not somebody's fault if something is not someone's fault , they did not make it happen and they should not be blamed for it: · Try not to worry about it too much - it's not your fault.· She felt guilty, even though the accident wasn't her fault.be not sb's fault (that): · It wasn't the builders' fault that the work wasn't finished on time. ► through no fault of your own if something bad happens through no fault of your own , it is not your fault that it happens but you suffer because of it: · The center exists to help those who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.· Because of the budget cuts, some students, through no fault of their own, may have a hard time paying their way. ► not be to blame to not be responsible for something bad that happens - use this especially when other people think you might have done something to make it happen: · The press won't leave him alone, but he wasn't really to blame.not be to blame for: · Hospital workers were not to blame for a nine-year-old's death, a court decided yesterday.· The report said that no one was to blame for the accident. ► can't help it especially spoken use this to say that someone should not be blamed for something because they cannot stop it from happening: · "Stop walking up and down like that!" "I can't help it - I'm really nervous."· I tried not to cry but I just couldn't help it.can't help it if: · He can't help it if they didn't understand what he was telling them to do. what you say to give permission► go ahead · "Can I watch TV?" "Sure, go ahead."go right ahead · "Is it OK if I eat the last apple?" "Go right ahead."go ahead and do something · If you want to take a shower, just go ahead and take one. ► be my guest when someone asks you if they can use something, especially something that belongs to you: · "Is it all right if I call my parents?" "Be my guest."· "Do you mind if I sit here?'' "Be my guest." ► feel free when you want someone to do what they want without feeling that they need to ask you first: · "I hope you don't mind if I use your phone." "Of course not. Feel free."feel free to do something: · Please feel free to stop me and ask questions whenever you like. ► help yourself when you want someone to take what they want, especially food or drink: · "Is there any beer left?" "Sure, help yourself."help yourself to something: · Help yourself to coffee and cake. ► of course/of course you can spoken use this as a friendly way of telling someone they can do something: · "Can I take some more casserole?" "Of course!"· "Do you mind of I sit here?" "Of course you can." when you offer something to someone► offer to say that someone can have something if they want it: offer somebody something: · She didn't even offer me a cup of tea.· I've been offered the job!· Can I offer you a ride?· Why don't you offer them a drink while I finish getting dinner ready?offer something to somebody: · Unfortunately, they offered the contract to someone else. ► would you like ...? spoken say this as a polite way of offering something to someone: · We have some maps of the city - would you like one?· Would you like fries with that? ► can I get you ...? spoken say this when you are offering someone a drink or food, for example at a party: · Can I get you some coffee?· What can I get you? There's beer or wine. ► help yourself spoken say this to tell someone they can take anything they want from the food and drink that is available: · There's plenty of food, so help yourself.help yourself to: · Help yourself to some salad. ► have spoken say this to persuade someone to take some food or drink that you are offering: · Have some of the pie - my Mom made it.· Go on, have another beer. to steal something► steal to take something that does not belong to you without the owner's permission in a dishonest or illegal way: · Thousands of cars get stolen every year.· In the end he had to steal in order to survive.steal from: · drug addicts who steal from their friends and familiessteal something from: · Thieves stole paintings worth $5 million from a Paris art gallery.have something stolen: · It's strange he should have had so many things stolen in just a week.get stolen: · My grandfather refused to put his money in a bank because he was afraid it would get stolen. ► take to steal something, especially money or things that can be carried away: · Someone has been taking money from the cash box.· The burglars took our TV and stereo, but they didn't find the jewellery. ► nick/pinch British spoken to steal something: · I wonder where she got that coat -- do you think she nicked it?· Jimmy was caught pinching money from his mum's purse. ► rip off spoken to steal something, especially someone's personal possessions: rip off something: · While I was out, someone went into my hotel room and ripped off the rest of my travelers' checks. ► go off with/walk off with to steal something very easily, by picking it up and walking away with it, usually without anyone noticing: · My bag's disappeared! That woman must have walked off with it!· Guards in the lobby prevent employees from going off with computers and sensitive documents. ► help yourself to informal to steal something very easily without anyone trying to stop you: · While no one was looking Louise and Alice helped themselves to some apples and bananas.· Burglars cut through the ceiling and helped themselves to $3.6 million in jewels. ► pilfer to steal things, especially small things or things you do not think are very valuable: · The farmer caught them pilfering apples from his orchard.· The villagers pilfered stones from ancient ruined cities to build their houses. ► swipe informal to steal something quickly when someone is not looking: · While I was swimming in the river, somebody swiped all my clothes!· I wish I knew who'd swiped my earrings. ► snitch American informal to steal something, especially something small and not very valuable: · The supermarket has a problem with kids snitching candy bars off the shelves.· He watched as Grover snitched two packets of sugar from behind the counter. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► It helps ... if  It helps my concentration if I listen to music while I’m working. ► It helped  It helped a lot to know that someone understood how I felt. ► helped enormously  Eight hours of deep sleep helped enormously. ► couldn’t help it if  She couldn’t help it if she was being irrational. ► can’t help it  ‘Stop biting your nails.’ ‘I can’t help it.’ ► somebody can’t help feeling/thinking/wondering etc something  I can’t help feeling that there has been a mistake. I couldn’t help thinking about the past. ► give/lend/offer etc somebody a helping hand  She’s been giving me a helping hand with the children. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► accept help · Don’t be afraid to accept help if you need it. ► ask for help · Don’t be afraid to ask for help. ► begged for help  She ran to the nearest house and begged for help. ► help with the chores · All their children help with the chores. ► domestic help (=help with cleaning, washing etc)· People in well-paid jobs can afford domestic help. ► emergency aid/relief/help (=things such as food and medicine that are given to people when they are in a very dangerous situation)· The charity made a television appeal for emergency aid to the region. ► enlist somebody’s help/services etc  He has enlisted the help of a sports psychologist for the team. ► generous amount/helping/measure etc  a generous helping of pasta ► Heaven help ... if  Heaven help him if he ever comes back here again! ► more of a hindrance than a help  A degree is more of a hindrance than a help in British industry. ► help somebody with their homework · I often have to help her with her homework. ► offer advice/help/support etc  Your doctor should be able to offer advice on diet. ► an offer of help/support/friendship etc · Any offers of help would be appreciated. ► couldn’t help overhearing  I couldn’t help overhearing your argument. ► practical help/support (also practical assistance formal)· There will be trained people available to listen and to provide practical help. ► professional help · It is very important for parents to get professional help if this problem arises. ► seek help · He sought help from the police. ► self-help books  a shelf of self-help books ► self-help group  a self-help group for single parents ► sent for help  I’ve sent for help. ► shout for help · I opened my mouth to shout for help. ► unfailing help/support etc  I’d like to thank you all for your unfailing support. ► help valuable · There can be no doubt that this sort of help is valuable for teachers. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► please · Let me keep to it. Please help me to keep to it.· To be eligible for these please help us by showing any appropriate identification when paying for tickets.· If anyone can help please contact the Editorial office.· Help me somebody, please help me.· I am 11 years old so please help in any way you can.· You make it possible. Please help us to make your money work even harder. VERB► offer · A number of local law societies had offered to help, she added, as had several Council members.· He was very excited at the prospect of such unusual guests near his well and offered to help with everything.· He believes that industrialists have a lot to offer academic institutions in helping them to manage their resources.· Quinn would have liked to offer to help, but he could not budge.· I promise I won't even offer to help.· Then after class, he walked by as she tried to get it started and politely offered to help.· The balloon's been stolen, and 10 crates of lager are being offered to anyone who helps locate it. ► try · They always appear to be happy and spend their lives trying to help others.· Everything Hicks had worked for was falling neatly into place -- until he tried to help a wounded man.· And she was only trying to help.· Samper has claimed those accusations were a plot to remove him from power because he has tried to help the poor.· She had tried to help him.· The conflict and anxiety approach has worrying implications when it comes to trying to help people solve their problems.· Simon House and the annex take in people from the street and try to help them sort out their lives.· Barbara Timmer got her hand bitten all the way through to the bone trying to help. ► want · If you want to help contact during office hours.· I want to help the team win and I still think I can do that.· Your doctor wants to help you.· Usually, I really believe in my clients and want to help them.· If you want to help, perhaps you'd give Victorine a hand with washing up the breakfast things?· She had badly wanted to help Glover arrange his furniture when the time came for him to move into his new quarters.· She wanted me to help her.· She seems to genuinely want to help Jim. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► I couldn’t help myself/she couldn’t help herself etc► it can’t be helped It's not an ideal solution, but it can't be helped. ► somebody is helping the police with their enquiries► a helping hand A few guidelines are all that is needed: Be considerate of others, give a helping hand, be safe. Britain's champion in the sport has been lending a helping hand. Everyone had a view: The proposal was an insult, a helping hand, a roadblock, a learning aid. He wasn't even offering her a helping hand, she brooded. People do need a helping hand. The Basques, romantics to a man, believed that Fate would give Biarritz a helping hand. Today, George is still going strong, giving his son, Robin a helping hand with the ploughing. Which makes it an excellent jumping off point if you need a helping hand. ► not if I can help it "Are you going to stay very long?" "Not if I can help it." ► God help him/them etc► so help me (God) A police station, so help me, is a piece of the action. But, so help me ... I have done nothing! ► help yourself (to something) Go ahead and help yourselves to a drink. She helped herself to some money she found lying around. And there are things people can do now to help themselves, new things, and newer things. Children may be referred by teachers or parents or may even ask for help themselves. Group members may well help each other by pointing out to another where and what a problem might be. I just couldn't help myself. I mean, you couldn't help yourselves. If you can not help yourself ... Lily helped herself to the two smallest slices and a generous portion of the crispy brown bubble and squeak. Weary and wet, sustained by blessed tea, we helped each other with the tents. ► help!► somebody can’t help (doing) something I can't help it. I hear that song and I have to dance. I can't help wondering what happened to that little girl. Ron can't help the way he feels about her. You talk to the guy for five minutes, and you can't help but like him. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cry for help Janie's suicide attempt was obviously a cry for help. A boy passing by homewards from the pictures heard his cries for help. I suppose underneath it was a cry for help. If anyone had been crying for help, the firemen must have responded by now. Meanwhile, another cry for help. Opening his mouth to cry for help, he -! Screams and desperate cries for help filled the streets. Without adequate built-in safeguards, there will be other Susan Allens who will pull the trigger before they cry for help. ► God help you/him etc► God help us► God help you/him etc► God help us► heaven help somebody Heaven help us if it snows again. ► somebody can’t help noticing something► pleased to help/assist If you do not understand the details enclosed please contact the Finance Department where the staff will be pleased to assist. NatWest understands your needs and is pleased to help. Our group bookings specialists are always pleased to assist the discerning traveller who requires quality, service and value second to none. There will always be some one who will be only too pleased to help. They will be pleased to help and advise you. They will be pleased to help and so will the suppliers listed, including, of course, myself. They will be pleased to help you with specific questions and will give you as much general information as they can. Whatever the size of your kitchen, our talented designers will be pleased to help you plan it. ► seek (somebody’s) advice/help/assistance etc Abdominal complaints Abdomen: When to seek advice Urgently, Right now! Almost three years since she sought help for the severe seizures, Harlan had her surgery. It will normally be necessary to seek expert advice on the realisable values of all the major assets. She can walk into a family planning clinic and seek assistance. The more Marcus thought about it, the more he realized that he would have to seek help from Fanshawe. They had sought my advice, and I had recommended this machine. ► some friend you are/some help she was etc Word family WORD FAMILYnounhelphelperhelpfulness ≠ unhelpfulnesshelpinghelplessnessadjectivehelpful ≠ unhelpfulhelplessadverbhelpfully ≠ unhelpfullyhelplesslyverbhelp 1[intransitive, transitive] to make it possible or easier for someone to do something by doing part of their work or by giving them something they need:  If there’s anything I can do to help, just give me a call.help somebody (to) do something I helped her to carry her cases up the stairs. She helped him choose some new clothes. herbal products that help you to relax and sleephelp (to) do something She was coming to help clean the machines.help somebody with something Can I help you with the washing up? My father said he’s going to help me with the fees.help somebody on/off with something (=help someone put on or take off a piece of clothing) Here, let me help you on with your coat.help somebody somewhere (=help someone get to a particular place, especially because they are old, ill, or hurt) She helped the old man across the road.2[intransitive, transitive] to make a situation better, easier, or less painful:  Crying won’t help. If you get rid of your car you could be helping the environment. It helps my concentration if I listen to music while I’m working. It helped a lot to know that someone understood how I felt. Eight hours of deep sleep helped enormously.3help yourself (to something) a)to take some of what you want, without asking permission – used especially when offering food to someone:  Please help yourself to some cake. b) informal to steal something:  Obviously he had been helping himself to the money.4help! spoken used to call people and ask them to help you when you are in danger5somebody can’t help (doing) something (also somebody can’t help but do something) used to say that someone is unable to change their behaviour or feelings, or to prevent themselves from doing something:  She couldn’t help it if she was being irrational. ‘Stop biting your nails.’ ‘I can’t help it.’ I can’t help the way I feel about you. Lee could not help but agree with her.somebody can’t help feeling/thinking/wondering etc something I can’t help feeling that there has been a mistake. I couldn’t help thinking about the past.6 I couldn’t help myself/she couldn’t help herself etc to be unable to stop yourself from doing something you should not do:  She knew she sounded just like her mother but she couldn’t help herself.7it can’t be helped spoken used to say that there is nothing you can do to change a bad situation:  She said she had to leave him for a while; it couldn’t be helped.8somebody is helping the police with their enquiries British English the police are interviewing someone about a crime, especially because they believe that this person may have committed the crime9a helping hand help and supportgive/lend/offer etc somebody a helping hand She’s been giving me a helping hand with the children.10not if I can help it spoken used to say that you are not going to do something:  ‘Are you going to watch the school play?’ ‘Not if I can help it.’11God help him/them etc spoken used to say that something bad may happen to someone:  ‘Good luck.’ ‘God help me. I think I’m going to need it.’12so help me (God) used when making a serious promise, especially in a court of lawTHESAURUShelp 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 something ↔ along phrasal verb to make a process or activity happen more quickly or easily:  She asked a few questions to help the conversation along.help out phrasal verb to help someone because they are busy or have problems:  Do you need anyone to help out in the shop?help somebody ↔ out (with something) I helped her out when Stella became ill. She was helping him out with his mortgage repayments. help1 verbhelp2 noun helphelp2 ●●● S1 W1 noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a plea for help I'm having trouble paying the rent, but I don't want to ask my parents for help. I really want to thank you for all your help. If I need any help I'll call you. It's hard to get good help these days. Kelly hasn't been much help either. We managed to buy the house with a little help from Dave's parents. With the help of a nicotine patch she was able to quit smoking. Would you like some help with those suitcases? You go get help - I'll wait here with the car. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And the descriptions of the two men have been too varied to give much help to detectives. Children can compete for the parent's favour and help, which obscures the real cause of the argument. Henry went to see if help was needed. I don't think I can be much help to you, to be honest. Nestor made them heartily welcome, but about the object of their coming he could give them little help. She enlists the help of psychiatrist / author Sigourney Weaver, an expert on serial killers. Then, with the right attitude and a little help from your friends you are ready. Thesaurus THESAURUS► 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. Aidis 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. Longman Language Activatorto help someone► help to make it easier for someone to do something by doing part of their work, showing them what to do, or giving them something they need: · I'm ready to help. Is there something for me to do?· Dad, I don't understand my homework. Will you help me?· The money will be used to help starving children around the world.help with: · Dan's mother has been great about helping with the kids.help do something: · Warren offered to help clean up the house after the party.help to do something: · Part of the assistant's job is to help to organize conferences and keep the director informed.help somebody do something: · Help me lift this, will you?help somebody to do something: · Her uncle said he would help her to find a job.help somebody with something: · Do you want me to help you with those bags?help somebody into/off/across/down etc (=help someone go somewhere): · "Did you enjoy the trip?" asked Jack, helping her out of the boat. ► give/lend a hand informal to help someone do something, especially something they have to do in their home such as carrying or lifting things: · Scott is moving Saturday and I promised to lend a hand.give/lend somebody a hand: · Give me a hand and let's see if we can get this box in the car.give/lend a hand with: · Could you give me a hand with the shopping. ► assist formal to help someone do something, especially by doing all the easier or less important things for them so that their job is easier: · Can you do the job alone, or do you want someone to assist you?assist in: · In this position, you will assist in training new employees.assist with: · Some of the guests assisted with the preparation of the food.assist somebody in/with something: · A consultant has been brought in to assist management in restructuring the company. ► do something for to help someone by doing something for them that they would normally do themselves: · If you're not feeling well, I'll do the shopping for you.· Did you have someone do your homework for you? It doesn't look like your writing. ► do somebody a favour British /favor American to do something to help someone, especially a friend or someone you know well: · Could you do me a favour and mail these letters for me?· She's always doing favours for us. The least we can do is help her out now.do somebody a big favour/favor (=help someone a lot): · They did us a big favor by letting us stay there, you know. ► help out to help someone do something, especially because there are not enough people to do all the work: · Their son used to help out in the shop when it was busy.· Organizing the school trip will be a lot of work, so I need some volunteers to help out.help out with: · The kids are always good about helping out with the chores.help somebody out: · While I'm gone, try to help your Mom out, OK?help out somebody: · No need to thank me - I was just glad to help out a friend. ► do somebody a good turn to help someone by doing something for them that they have not asked you to do, because you think they need your help and you want to help them: · She's always happy to do a stranger a good turn.· He did me a good turn when he advised me not to sell my house - it's worth twice as much now. ► do your bit British /do your part American to do what you can to help in a bad or difficult situation, especially because you think you are expected to do it or that it is your duty: · I've done my bit - now it's up to you.do your bit for: · Brown feels that she's done her part for the Democratic Party. ► come to somebody's aid/assistance formal to offer to help someone who is in difficulty and who will not be able to continue without your help: · It took an ambulance 27 minutes to come to the aid of the accident victims.· Many expect the central government to come to the assistance of the ailing industry. ► give help/assistance/support to help a person or group: give help/assistance/support to: · The program gives assistance to unemployed mothers and their children.give somebody help/assistance/support: · My family gave me very little support when I decided to go back to college. · Any kind of help you can give would be greatly appreciated. to help someone by making them feel more confident and less worried► encourage to say or do things that help someone feel confident enough to do something, for example by telling them they are good enough to do it, by giving them advice etc: · She was always looking for ways to encourage her students.encourage somebody to do something: · I would never have won if my friends hadn't encouraged me to keep trying. ► be supportive to make someone feel less worried and more confident by talking to them in a sympathetic way and giving them practical help: · It was a difficult decision, but my family was very supportive.be supportive of: · My husband has always been very supportive of everything that I do. ► support to help someone by being sympathetic and kind to them during a difficult time in their life: · She is my daughter, and I will love and support her no matter what happens.· I am very grateful to members of the faculty who have supported me in so many ways. ► give somebody moral support to help someone, especially someone who is in a difficult situation, by telling them that they are right in what they are doing, and encouraging them to be brave, confident, etc: · She was very nervous about the interview, so I went along to give her some moral support.· The US is giving the rebel leaders moral support, but so far no weapons. to help something to happen► help to help something such as an improvement to happen: · The plan was intended to help development in rural areas.help do something: · Spending time in Spain should help improve her Spanish.help to do something: · It is hoped that the tax increases will help to stabilize the economy. ► encourage to make something more likely to happen or make people more likely to do something, often something that you think they should not do: · Congress is considering tax breaks to encourage investment.· Damp conditions encourage the growth of the fungus.encourage somebody to do something: · Cigarette machines in the streets will only encourage more teenagers to smoke. ► promote formal: promote good relations/cooperation/trade etc to help something good to happen or to develop and increase: · The aim of the meeting is to promote trade between the two countries.· A balanced diet promotes good health and normal development. ► aid formal to help something get better, develop, grow etc: · The country's economic recovery has been aided by increased international trade.· The large number of Latino voters aided Garcia's victory in the last election. ► benefit to give advantages to someone or something, so that something can improve: · Critics argue that the tax cuts will only benefit large companies.· Admission is $5, with proceeds benefiting a local children's charity. ► advance/further to help something you are trying to do to be successful: · Separatist rebels have used terrorism to advance their cause in the region.· The associations allow professionals to band together to further their interests. ► be conducive to formal if a situation is conducive to something such as work, rest etc, it provides the conditions that make it easier: · All this noise is hardly conducive to rest and relaxation.· We want to create an atmosphere conducive to serious discussion. ► give something a boost to help something such as a business so that it suddenly begins to develop more quickly: · The recent drop in interest rates has given the economy a much needed boost.give sth a boost to: · The central government also privatized farmland, giving a boost to food production. ► be favourable for/to British /be favorable for/to American written if conditions are favourable for or to something such as an agreement or an improvement in a situation, they make it more likely to happen: · The conditions are now favorable for job creation and economic growth.· The conference has produced a political climate that is favourable to a peace settlement. ways of saying that something helps you to do something► help to make it easier for someone to do something or to make a difficult situation easier: · I took a couple of aspirin for my headache, but they didn't help.· The warm weather this spring has certainly helped the farmers.help somebody do something: · All this arguing isn't going to help us win the election.help somebody to do something: · The latest report should help us to evaluate the true benefits of the program. ► assist formal to help someone do something: · They have developed a computerized system that will greatly assist all library users.assist somebody in/with something: · The guide is written to assist consumers in choosing the best insurance plan. ► aid formal to help someone or something achieve something, by making the situation that they are in easier: · The new government grants are intended to aid small businesses.· Our ability to combat organized crime has been aided by our partnership with local police.aid in: · The new equipment has been provided to aid in the diagnosis of liver disorders. ► be a help if something is a help , it makes it easier for you to do something, especially something that would be difficult to do without it: · For the teachers, just having more books and equipment would be a help.be a big/great/real help: · Stating your objectives clearly will be a great help in organizing the research. ► helpful making it likely to be easier for you to do or achieve something: · If you're looking for a good guidebook, I found this one to be very helpful.· She gave us some helpful advice about renting apartments.helpful in: · Giving the test can be helpful in deciding the best way to treat a patient.it is helpful to do something: · It's helpful to prepare a list of questions before going to an interview. ► beneficial actions, experiences, changes etc that are beneficial help to improve someone's situation or give them an advantage: · The relationship between the two companies has been mutually beneficial.beneficial to: · Recent studies show that moderate amounts of alcohol are beneficial to health.beneficial effect/impact/result: · There is no evidence that the diet pills have any beneficial effect on weight loss. ► be a boon something that is a boon happens or is given to you, especially unexpectedly, and makes it much easier for you to do something: · Having a bicycle was a tremendous boon as our house was so far from the village.be a boon to/for: · The current low exchange rates are a boon for exporters.· Increased competition among airlines will prove to be a boon to tourists. ► with the aid of if you do something with the aid of something, especially an object, you need that thing to help you do it: · The bacteria can only be seen with the aid of a high power microscope.· Since the accident he's only been able to walk with the aid of a cane. someone who helps another person to do something► assistant someone who is employed to help someone do their job, especially by doing all the easier or less important things for them so that their job is made easier: · The dentist had her assistant sterilise the instruments.assistant to: · Lydia is the assistant to the Director of Finance.assistant manager/director/editor etc: · Winston got a job as assistant manager at Wal-Mart. ► helper someone who helps someone else to do something, especially when they want to do it and are not paid for it: · Ella works at the hospital once a week as a voluntary helper.· Helpers are needed to run the book stall and man the bar. ► aide someone who is employed to help a very important person, especially someone in politics or government: · An aide confirmed this week that the President will not be running for re-election.aide to: · Anderson has worked as an aide to the mayor for three years. ► aide also aid American: teacher's aid/nurse's aid someone whose job is to help a teacher, nurse etc to do their work, especially by doing the less important jobs: · Amelia went to work as a nurse's aide in the children's wing of the hospital.· As a teacher's aide, I help watch the children and run errands for the teacher. ► accomplice someone who helps someone else in a crime: · Evans could not have carried out the robbery without an accomplice.· One man held a gun on her while his accomplice took the money.accomplice in/to: · She has been accused of being an accomplice in the kidnapping. ► right-hand man the person who someone in a position of authority depends on most to help and support them: · Beria, the head of the KGB, was Stalin's right-hand man.· Newman's resignation leaves his boss without a right-hand man. help that is given► help · If I need any help I'll call you.· I'm having trouble paying the rent, but I don't want to ask my parents for help.help with · Would you like some help with those suitcases?with help from somebody · We managed to buy the house with a little help from Dave's parents.with the help of somebody/something · With the help of a nicotine patch she was able to quit smoking.get help (=find someone to help you) · You go get help - I'll wait here with the car. ► assistance formal something you provide in order to help someone do something: · Patients can usually walk without assistance within a week of the operation.· The federal agency provides assistance to families whose homes were destroyed by flooding.· The company has a toll-free number that offers technical assistance to anyone who needs it.be of assistance: · Our tour guides will be pleased to be of assistance if you have any problems. ► a hand informal practical help from someone when something needs to be done: · Everybody needs a hand now and then.a hand with: · I could use a hand with the yard work if you're not busy.lend/give somebody a hand: · Could you give me a hand moving those boxes? ► aid help, especially money, that an organization or country gives to another country or to people who are in a very difficult situation: · Aid is not getting through to the refugees.· Each year, the U.S. sends more than $1.8 billion in aid to sub-Saharan Africa. ► support equipment, money, or help from other people that is available for you to use when you need it: · I'd like to thank you all for your support in the upcoming election.· Our two company lawyers provide all the legal support we need. ► service help given to customers of a particular business, by the people who work there: · I thought the service in the pizza place was very good.provide a service: · We knew the shop would never survive if we didn't provide a good service from the minute we opened the doors. ► back-up/backup people, equipment etc that are provided to be used if people need help: · This department needs more secretarial and clerical back-up.· Police had to wait for backup to arrive before making any arrests. ► encouragement something such as praise or advice from other people that helps give someone the confidence and determination to do something: · Children need lots of encouragement when they're learning new things.words of encouragement: · After his speech, he shook hands and offered words of encouragement to people in the crowd. by way of encouragement (=in order to encourage someone): · "But you're doing a great job," he added by way of encouragement. words for describing someone who is helpful► helpful · Thanks, Sam. You've been very helpful.· A helpful woman at the tourist office gave me some tips on places to visit. ► be a help if someone is a help , they make it easier for you to do something: · Thanks for looking after the children - you've really been a help.be a big/great/real help: · Jim was a big help getting the house ready for the party. ► cooperative also co-operative British someone who is cooperative helps someone who has asked them to help, by working together with them and not causing any problems: · Some of the students are highly cooperative and attentive, but unfortunately, most aren't.· The suspect has been cooperative with investigators, but he shows little remorse. ► obliging formal someone who is obliging is always ready to help and enjoys helping people, even people who are unreasonable or difficult: · The shop assistants were very obliging, and brought me at least fifteen pairs of shoes to try on. ► accommodating someone who is accommodating is willing to do what someone else wants, even if this is not the best thing for themselves, in order to help them or make them more comfortable: · He was very accommodating, always asking if I needed anything.· She's so nice and accommodating, I'm afraid people will take advantage of her. words for describing someone or something that is not helpful► not helpful/unhelpful · He bought a book on relaxation techniques but it wasn't very helpful.· The authorities weren't helpful at all when Rob reported his passport stolen.· I found the sales assistants most unhelpful. ► be no help/not be any help/not be much help if something or someone is no help they do not help you do something or get something: · Clarissa was no help - she just sat around and watched TV.· The phrase book wasn't much help in carrying on a conversation. ► uncooperative not wanting to help someone who wants you to help them, especially by deliberately opposing them or stopping them doing something easily: · Many of the older patients are uncooperative and difficult for the nurses to handle.· Hubbel has been a very uncooperative witness. ► useless especially spoken not giving any help - use this when you are annoyed with someone or something because they should help you but they do not: · I tried calling the tax office but they were completely useless.completely/absolutely useless: · There's no point reading the instructions - they're completely useless. ► not lift a finger if someone does not lift a finger , they do not help when help is wanted or needed, especially because they are lazy: · She stayed with us for two weeks and never lifted a finger the whole time.· Police knew there would be a fight, but they didn't lift a finger to try and stop it. having no one to help you► on your own/by yourself if you do something on your own or by yourself you do it without help from anyone else: · Peter cooked everything by himself - he wouldn't even let me in the kitchen.· I doubt I would have been able to find this job on my own.all on your own/all by yourself (=used to emphasize that you do not have any help): · You mean to tell me he painted the whole house all by himself? ► helpless needing help because you cannot do anything for yourself or you need protection: · Why are you so afraid of a helpless old woman?· Frightened and helpless, Alvin wondered if they might kill him.utterly helpless: · His mother's death left the boy feeling utterly helpless and alone. when something is not useful► useless not at all useful: · The lifejackets turned out to be useless, because they didn't inflate properly.· a useless piece of information· She gave me a video, but of course it's useless without a player.completely/totally/utterly/absolutely useless: · Presumably, my files will be completely useless to whoever stole them.· It's time you traded the car in, before it becomes utterly useless.useless for (doing) something: · That's a nice watch, but it's useless for going underwater.· Jay's car was 20 years old, and useless for anything but a short journey to the local shops. ► be (of) no use to be useless: · This map's no use -- it doesn't show the minor roads.· I'm freezing, and these heaters are no use either.be (of) no use to: · All this information is of no use to me now. It's too late.be of no use for doing something: · It's a great rifle -- but no use for shooting anything bigger than a rabbit. ► have got no use for British if you have no use for something, you do not want it or need it because you cannot use it for anything: · You may as well stop giving me these magazines -- I've got no use for them, and they just go straight in the bin. ► be no good informal to be useless: · These matches must have got wet -- they're no good at all.· Yeah, Clancy's Bar is a lively place, but it's no good if you just want a quiet drink with a friend.be no good for (doing) something: · These glasses are no good for champagne.· We found out that the vehicle was not much good for transporting heavy loads.be no good to: · You're no good to me if you can't drive a car.· Do you want these bike parts? They're no good to me. ► be (of) no help to not be helpful in a particular situation: · Johnny had drawn me a map, but that was no help.· Seat belts are of no help at all in 30% of car accidents.· I looked at the departures screen, but that was no help because it was out of order.be (of) no help to: · It was the nicest thing she could think of to say, but it was really no help to me.· The follow-up seminar on women's issues was of no help to me, so I left early.be (of) no help in doing something: · In-store videos were of no help in identifying the criminals. WORD SETS► Computers access, verbaccess point, nounaccess time, nounaccounting system, accumulator, nounadd-on, nounADSL, nounaffective computing, nounAI, nounALGOL, nounalias, nounANSI, anti-spam, adjectiveanti-virus, adjectiveanti-virus software, nounAPL, nounapp, nounApple, Apple Macintosh, applet, nounapplication, nounapplication software, nounarcade game, nounarchitecture, nounarchive, nounarchive, verbarray, nounartificial intelligence, nounASCII, nounASIC, nounASP, nounassembly language, nounasynchronous, adjectiveAT&T, attachment, nounaudit trail, nounautomate, verbautomated, adjectiveautomation, nounavatar, nounB2B exchange, nounB2C, adjectiveB2E, adjectiveBabbage, Charles, backslash, nounbackspace, nounbackup, nounback-up copy, bandwidth, nounbar code, nounBASIC, nounbatch, nounbatch processing, nounbaud rate, nounBerners-Lee, Tim, bespoke, adjectivebeta test, nounBig Blue, bioinformatics, nounbiometric, adjectivebit, nounbitmap, nounBlackBerry, nounbloatware, nounblog, nounBluetooth, nounBMP, nounbond certificate, book entry, bookmark, nounbookmark, verbbook of final entry, nounbook of first entry, nounBoolean, adjectiveboot, verbbootable, adjectivebootstrapping, nounbot, nounbotnet, nounbps, brain dump, nounbroadband, nounbrown goods, nounbrowse, verbbrowser, nounbubble jet printer, nounbuddy list, nounbuffer, nounbuffer, verbbug, nounbulletin board, nounbundle, nounbundle, verbburn, verbbus, nounbusiness continuity services, nounbusiness continuity services, button, nounbyte, nounCabinet Office Briefing Rooms, cable modem, nouncache, nouncache, verbCAD, nounCAD/CAM, nounCAL, nounCalifornia, nounCALL, nounCAM, nounCambridge, Capita, caps lock, nouncapture, verbcapture, nouncard, nouncathode ray tube, nounCAT scan, nounCBT, nounCD-R, nounCD-ROM, nounCD-ROM drive, CDRW, nounCD-RW, nouncentral processing unit, nouncentral processor, nounCGI, nounCHAPS, character, nounchat room, nouncheat, nouncheckbox, nounchip, nounchip card, CIM, CIO, clerical assistant, click, verbclickable, adjectiveclient, nounclient machine, client-server, adjectiveclient/server architecture, clip art, nounclipboard, nouncloaking, nounclock cycle, nounclock speed, nounclone, nouncluster, nounCOBOL, nouncode, nouncoder, nouncom, Comdex, nouncommand, nouncomm port, comms, nouncompact disc, nounCompaq, compatibility, nouncompatible, adjectivecompatible, nouncompile, verbcompiler, nouncompress, verbcomputer, nouncomputer (industry) analyst, computer-aided, adjectivecomputer-aided design, nouncomputer-aided manufacture, computer-aided manufacturing, nouncomputer-assisted, adjectivecomputerate, adjectivecomputer-based training, computer-generated, adjectivecomputer-integrated manufacture, computerize, verbcomputer-literate, adjectivecomputer modelling, nouncomputer science, nouncomputer system, computer virus, nouncomputing, nounconcordance, nounconfiguration, nounconfigure, verbconnect, verbconnectivity, nounconsole, nouncontrol, nouncontrol key, nouncookie, nouncoordinate, nounCorel, corrupt, verbcounter, nouncourseware, nounCPU, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncracker, nouncrash, verbcrash, nounCroft, Lara, cross-platform, adjectivecross-posting, nounCtrl, nouncursor, nouncut, verbcutover, nouncyber-, prefixcybercrime, nouncybernetics, nouncyberpunk, nouncybersickness, nouncyberspace, nouncyberterrorist, nouncyberwidow, noundata, noundata bank, noundatabase, noundatabase management, database management system, data capture, noundata centre, data dictionary, noundata encryption standard, noundata file, data interchange format file, data mining, noundata processing, noundata protection, Data Protection Act, the, Dateline, daytrader, nounday trading, nounDBMS, debug, verbdecision support system, decode, verbdecompress, verbdecrypt, verbdefault, noundefragment, verbDel, noundelete, verbdeletion, noundeliverable, noundematerialize, verbdemo, verbdemonstration version, denial of service attack, noundeselect, verbdesktop, noundesktop computer, noundesktop publishing, noundestination site, dialogue box, noundial-up, adjectivedigerati, noundigicam, noundigital nervous system, digital rights management, digital wallet, nounDilbert, direct access, noundirectory, noundisaster recovery, noundisc, noundisinfect, verbdisk, noundisk drive, noundiskette, noundisk operating system, display, noundisplay, verbdistributed processing, Dixons, dock, noundock, verbdocking station, noundocument, noundocument sharing, noundongle, nounDOS, noundot-matrix printer, noundouble click, verbdouble-click, verbdouble density, adjectivedown, adverbdownload, verbdownload, noundownloadable, adjectivedowntime, noundown time, downwardly compatible, adjectiveDP, noundrag, verbdrive, noun-driven, suffixdriver, noundropdown, noundrop down, noundrop-down menu, nounDTP, noundumb terminal, dump, verbdump, nounDVD, nounDVD-ROM, nounEasdaq, noune-book, noune-business, nounECN, noune-commerce, nouneditor, nounedutainment, noune-fatigue, nounE-FIT, nounEFTPOS, nounelectronic, adjectiveelectronic bill of lading, electronic cottage, nounelectronic data interchange, nounelectronic funds transfer, nounelectronic invoice, electronic mail, nounelectronic media, electronic publishing, nounelectronics, nounelectrosmog, nounEllison, Larry, email, nounemail account, embed, verbencrypt, verbend-to-end, adjectiveenter, verbenterprise application integration, nounentry, nounEPROM, noune-publishing, nounequipment leasing, erase, verbErnie, error, nounerror message, nounescape key, Ethernet, noune-ticket, nounE-ticket, nounexecutable, nounexecute, verbexecution, nounexit, verbexpansion card, nounexpansion slot, nounexpert system, nounexport, verbextension, nounextranet, nouneye scan, nounF2F, adjectivefabricator, nounfactory preset, nounfatware, nounfeed, verbfeed, nounfield, nounfifth generation computer, file, nounfile manager, nounfilename, nounfile sharing, nounfile transfer, filing system, filter, nounfirewall, nounfirmware, nounfirst generation, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-person shooter, nounfive nines, nounfixed wireless, nounflash, verbflash, nounflash drive, nounflash memory, nounflatscreen, adjectiveflat screen, flip chip, nounfloor broker, floppy disk, nounfly-by-wire, nounfolder, nounfont, nounfooter, nounfootprint, nounforklift upgrade, nounformat, verbFortran, nounforum, noun404, adjectivefreeware, nounftp, nounfunction, nounfunctionality, nounfunction key, nounfungible, adjectivefuzzy logic, nounGame Boy, gameplay, noungamer, noungaming, noungarbage in, garbage out, Gates, Bill, gateway, nounghost, nounGIF, noungigabit, noungigabyte, nounGIGO, GIS, nounGlitter, Gary, global, adjectiveGLOBEX, nounGMS, nounGoogle, gopher, noungraphical, adjectivegraphical user interface, noungraphics, noungraphics card, noungraphic software, grid computing, noungroupware, nounGUI, nounhack, verbhack, nounhacker, nounhacktivist, nounhandshake, nounhard copy, nounhard disk, nounhard drive, nounhardware, nounhard-wired, adjectiveHawk, Tony, Hawking, Stephen, head, nounheader, nounhelp, nounhelp desk, nounhelp menu, help screen, nounHewlett Packard, hexadecimal, adjectivehigh-definition, adjectivehigh-level, adjectivehigh-level language, highlight, verbhome computer, home office, nounhome shopping, hookup, nounhook-up, nounhost computer, hot key, nounhot link, nounhot spot, nounHTML, nounhttp, hyperlink, nounhypertext, nounIBM, icon, nounICT, nounidentifier, nouniMac, nounimport, verbinbox, nounincremental backup, nounincubator space, industrial design, infect, verbinfected, adjectiveinformation exchange, information retrieval, nouninformation system, information technology, nouninfowar, nouninitialize, verbinkjet printer, nouninput, nouninput, verbinput/output, adjectiveinstall, verbinstaller, nounInstinet, Intel, intelligent terminal, interactive, adjectiveinteractive whiteboard, nouninterface, nouninterface, verbInternational Securities Exchange, nounInternet cafe, nounInternet Service Provider, interpreter, nounintranet, nouninvoke, verbIP address, nouniPod, nouniris scan, nounISDN, nounISP, nounIT, nouniterate, verbiTunes, iTV, nounJava, nounjob, nounjob bank, Jobs, Steve, joystick, nounJPEG, nounK, KB, keno, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkeyboard, verbkeyboarder, nounkeypad, nounkeystroke, nounkeyword, nounkilobyte, nounkit, nounkludge, nounknowledge base, Kraftwerk, LAN, nounlanguage, nounlaptop, nounlaser disk, nounlaser printer, nounlaunch, verbLCD, nounlight industry, nounlight pen, nounline printer, nounlink, verbLinux, nounLISP, nounlisting paper, listserv, nounload, verblocal area network, nounlog file, LOGO, nounloop, nounlow-level, adjectiveMac, nounmachine, nounmachine code, nounmachine language, machine-readable, adjectiveMacintosh, nounmacro, nounmagnetic disk, nounmagnetic media, nounmagnetic tape, nounmail, nounmail, verbmailbomb, nounmailbox, nounmailing list, nounmail merge, nounmainframe, nounmainframe computer, main memory, manual, adjectivemaximize, verbmegabyte, nounmemory, nounmemory address, memory bank, nounmemory card, nounmemory hog, nounMemory Stick, nounmenu, nounmessage, nounmetadata, nounmicro, nounmicrochip, nounmicrocomputer, nounmicroelectronics, nounmicroprocessor, nounMicrosoft, MIDI, nounmigrate, verbmigration, nounMillennium bug, minicomputer, nounminimize, verbmips, mission-critical, adjectiveMIT, mixer, nounmodel, nounmodel, verbmodelling, nounmodem, nounmodule, nounmonitor, nounMoore, Gordon, Moore's Law, nounmorphing, nounmotherboard, nounMotorola, mouse, nounmouse mat, nounmouse miles, nounmouse potato, nounMP3 player, nounMP4 player, nounMPEG, nounMSC, nounMS-DOS, multimedia, adjectivemulti-player gaming, nounmultiple applications, multiplexer, nounmultitasking, nounnagware, nounNasdaq, nounNASDAQ, Naseem, Prince, National Market System, nounNEC, nerd, nounnest, verbNetscape Navigator, network, nounnetwork, verbneural computer, nounneural network, nounneuroinformatics, nounnewbie, nounnew economy, nounNintendo, node, nounnoise, nounnotebook, nounnumber-cruncher, nounnumber crunching, nounobject, nounobject language, object-oriented, adjectiveOCR, nounOfex, nounoffice machinery, offline, adverboff-line, adjectiveonline, adjectiveonline catalogue, online updating, nounon-screen, adjectiveopen, verbOpen Group, the, open outcry, nounopen system, nounoperating system, nounoperation, nounoptical character recognition, nounoptical fibre, nounoption, nounorder, nounorganizing business, OSI, nounoutbox, nounoutput, nounoutput, verbover-the-counter dealing, over-the-counter market, over-the-counter share, over-the-counter stock, over-the-counter trading, overwrite, verbP2P, adjectivepackage, nounpacket, nounpacket-switching, nounpage, nounpage break, nounpalette, nounpalm phone, nounpalmtop, nounpaperless, adjectiveparallel data query, parallel port, parallel processing, nounPASCAL, nounpass-along, adjectivepassword, nounpaste, verbpasting, nounpatch, nounpause, verbPC, nounPC Card, nounPDA, nounPDF, nounPDF file, pen drive, nounPentium, peripheral, adjectiveperipheral, nounpersonal communicator, nounpersonal computer, nounpersonal electronic device, nounpersonal organizer, nounpetaflop, nounphishing, nounping, verbpiracy, nounpirate, verbpixel, nounplasma screen, nounplatform, nounplatform game, nounPlayStation, plotter, nounplug and play, nounplug-and-play, adjectiveplug-in, nounpointer, nounpop-under, nounpop-up, nounport, nounport, verbportable, adjectivepost, verbpost-industrial, adjectivePostScript, nounPowerPoint, nounprint, verbprinter, nounprintout, nounprint-out, nounprint preview, nounprocess, verbprocessing, nounprocessor, nounprogram, nounprogram, verbprogram file, programmable, adjectiveprogrammer, nounprogramme trading, programming, nounprogramming language, PROLOG, nounPROM, nounprompt, verbprompt, nounprotocol, nounPsion, pull down, nounpull-down, adjectivepull-down menu, nounpunched card, nounquantum computer, nounQuarkXPress, queue, nounqwerty, adjectiveRAM, nounrandom access memory, nounread, verbread only memory, read-only memory, nounread-out, nounread-write, adjectivereal-time, adjectivereboot, verbrecall, verbre-chip, verbrecord, nounrecord, verbrefresh, verbreload, verbremaster, verbremote access, nounremote control, nounremote working, nounreseller, nounreset, verbrespawn, verbretinal scanner, nounretrieval, nounretrieve, verbretry, verbreturn, nounright-click, verbrip, verbroad warrior, nounrobot, nounrollover, nounROM, nounRoute 128, nounrouter, nounroutine, nounRSI, nounRTF, nounrun, verbsalami slicing, nounSamsung, save, verbscalability, nounscalable, adjectivescan, verbscanner, nounscramble, verbscreen, nounscreen-based, adjectivescreen dump, nounscreensaver, nounscreen saver, nounscreenshot, nounscroll, verbscroll bar, nounscroll key, SCSI, nounSEAQ, search, nounsearch, verbsearchable, adjectivesearch engine, nounSEATS, nounsecurity rating, SEGA, self-healing, adjectivesend, verbserial port, server, nounserver farm, nounservice bureau, nounservice pack, nounSET, nounset-up, nounSFA, nounSGML, nounshareware, nounshift, nounshift key, nounshoot-'em-up, nounshopping bot, sig file, nounsilicon, nounsilicon chip, nounSilicon Fen, nounSilicon Glen, Silicon Valley, sim, nounSIMM, nounsimulation, nounSinclair, Sir Clive, single sourcing, skin, nounslo-mo, adjectivesmall office/home office, nounsmart, adjectivesmart bomb, nounsneakernet, nounsoft copy, nounsoftware, nounsoftware engineering, SoHo, SOHO, nounSonic the Hedgehog, sort, nounsoundcard, nounsource code, nounspace bar, nounspam, nounspeech recognition, nounspeech recognition software, speech synthesizer, nounspellcheck, nounspellchecker, nounspell-checker, nounspider, nounspider food, nounspim, nounsplit screen, nounspreadsheet, nounspreadsheet software, spyware, nounstandalone, adjectivestand-alone, adjectivestandby time, nounStarr Report, the, nounstarter pack, nounstart-up, nounstorage, nounstorage unit, store, verbstore-and-forward, nounstrategic information system, stream, verbstreaming, nounStreet Fighter, string, nounstylus, nounsubdirectory, nounsubroutine, nounsuite, nounSun Microsystems, sunrise industry, nounsupercomputer, nounsuperserver, nounsupport, verbsupport, nounswitching, nounsynchronous, adjectivesyntax, nounsynthespian, nounsystem, nounsystem administrator, nounsystems analyst, nounsystems programmer, system tray, nountab, verbtab key, nountab stop, nountag, nountag, verbtape, nountape drive, taskbar, nountechie, nountechnical support, nountechno-, prefixtechnocracy, nountechno-geek, nountechnophobe, nountechy, telecentre, nountelecommuter, nountelematics, nounteleprinter, nounteleworker, nountemplate, nounterabyte, nounteraflop, nounterminal, nountestdeck, nountext-to-speech, adjectivethird-generation, adjectivethird-party software, thumbnail, nountickbox, nountick box, nountime out, nountime-sharing, nountitle bar, nountoggle, nountoner, nountoolbar, nountoolbox, nounTOPIC, nountop-level domain, nountop ranking, nounTorvalds, Linus, Toshiba, Tottenham Court Road, touchpad, nountouch screen, nountrackball, nountransaction processing, transputer, nounTrojan horse, nountroubleshooter, nounTTS, Turing, Alan, tutorial, nounundo, verbuninstall, verbunique visitor, nounUnix, noununlisted share, unlisted stock, unrecoverable error, unzip, verbup, adverbupdate, nounupgrade, verbupload, verbupload, nounuptime, nounusability, nounUSB, nounUSB drive, nounuser-friendly, adjectiveuser group, nounuser interface, nounuser name, nounUS Robotics, utility, nounVActor, nounvalid, adjectivevalue-added reseller, vapourware, nounVDT, nounVDU, nounVGA, nounvideocard, nounvideo game, nounvideo snacking, nounviral marketing, nounvirtual, adjectivevirtual corporation, virtually, adverbvirtual memory, nounvirtual office, nounvirtual organization, virtual reality, nounvirus, nounvoice print, nounvoice recognition, wallpaper, nounWAN, nounWAP, noun-ware, suffixwar game, nounWAV, nounwearable, nounWeb 2.0, nounweb browser, nounweb crawler, nounweb design, nounweb development, web-enabled, adjectiveweb hosting, nounweb log, nounweb log file, wide area network, wi-fi, nounWi-Fi, nounwild card, nounwindow, nounWindows, Wintel, wipe, verbWiponet, nounwireless internet, wireless networking, nounWord, Wordperfect, word processor, nounworkspace, nounworkstation, nounWorld Wide Web, the, worm, nounWozniak, Steve, write, verbwrite-protected, adjectiveWYSIWYG, nounXbox, XML, nounY2K, nounYahoo!, zap, verbzip file, nounzombie, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1verbs► 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 government 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 somebody’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. Meaning 3adjectives► 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. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► accept help · Don’t be afraid to accept help if you need it. ► ask for help · Don’t be afraid to ask for help. ► begged for help  She ran to the nearest house and begged for help. ► help with the chores · All their children help with the chores. ► domestic help (=help with cleaning, washing etc)· People in well-paid jobs can afford domestic help. ► emergency aid/relief/help (=things such as food and medicine that are given to people when they are in a very dangerous situation)· The charity made a television appeal for emergency aid to the region. ► enlist somebody’s help/services etc  He has enlisted the help of a sports psychologist for the team. ► generous amount/helping/measure etc  a generous helping of pasta ► Heaven help ... if  Heaven help him if he ever comes back here again! ► more of a hindrance than a help  A degree is more of a hindrance than a help in British industry. ► help somebody with their homework · I often have to help her with her homework. ► offer advice/help/support etc  Your doctor should be able to offer advice on diet. ► an offer of help/support/friendship etc · Any offers of help would be appreciated. ► couldn’t help overhearing  I couldn’t help overhearing your argument. ► practical help/support (also practical assistance formal)· There will be trained people available to listen and to provide practical help. ► professional help · It is very important for parents to get professional help if this problem arises. ► seek help · He sought help from the police. ► self-help books  a shelf of self-help books ► self-help group  a self-help group for single parents ► sent for help  I’ve sent for help. ► shout for help · I opened my mouth to shout for help. ► unfailing help/support etc  I’d like to thank you all for your unfailing support. ► help valuable · There can be no doubt that this sort of help is valuable for teachers. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► domestic · Two other characteristics of the sample population require some comment: the incidence of employment, and of domestic help.· Also patron of domestic help, housekeepers, and maids.· Midwinter does not restrict his discussion of domestic help to private householders.· Others were manned by his friends and the domestic help.· When domestic help is employed it may be the case that she takes over the husband's responsibilities rather than the wife's.· You may be looking for light domestic help one or two hours per week, or 24-hour a day care. ► extra · The changes included lowering taxes and giving extra help to the farming sector.· There are a lot more extra help classes, too.· But, as with others in society, there are times when extra help or advice is needed.· One of the reasons I could justify putting them in there was the D block where I could give them extra help.· Does she employ extra help if necessary?· Give him extra help in being aware of his wishes and intentions.· Peristaltic tights will appeal to sufferers from poor circulation and varicose veins, and those whose hearts need a bit of extra help.· There are children who need extra help with components of reading. ► financial · Now, with the TECs, we intend to introduce new financial help for career and training guidance.· His wife, Mary Barley, is reviving the petition drive with financial help from Jones.· The scheme was intended to provide financial help to unemployed workers in depressed areas who were prepared to move to other areas.· It is state officials who are responsible for finding victims and easing their pain with financial help.· However, this financial help is too limited in relation to actual expenditure.· No offer of financial help, no kind invitations to join them in club activities were forthcoming from Charles.· Market-distorting activities arise from state aids such as subsidies, tax concessions, and other financial help given to domestic companies.· In 1873, when Scott asked Carnegie for financial help, Carnegie turned down his former mentor. ► great · Thanks again for your very great help over the questionnaires.· But Temin does not really claim that the Fed was of great help.· Today he plays off a nine handicap, a great help when he is carrying the bag.· They know Britain well, and will be of great help to you.· In this chapter it has been argued that the uncertainty map can be of great help in managing such a portfolio.· Our first holiday to the islands helped solve that problem, and provided great help in future years.· It was a great help to us.· Male speaker Ultrasound scanning is a great help. ► little · There was also very little demand for help on legal matters and employment issues.· Center Ray Ferraro made it 2-0 with a little help from Verbeek.· And with a little help from its friends, the big multinational companies and landowning farmers, it is spreading its roots.· At this point Katz would dearly love a little navigational help from above.· Paul Reece keeping out Bobby Barnes, with a little help from the cross-bar.· There are only challenged people, who with a little help can be just like everyone else.· If Regazzoni was little help to Lauda within Ferrari, Reutemann was even less.· With little help from her father, she raised the younger children and saw them all through college. ► medical · But it is very important to get medical help in the early stages.· Three weeks later, the teacher added these observations: Harold needs medical help as well as much careful teaching.· Charlton was picked up and carried to Hewett's house where medical help was soon to hand.· Granato began experiencing headaches so severe, he sought medical help.· Get any medical help available, then set about finding your own way to manage your disabilities.· His offence against those who came to him for medical help was less easy to punish.· Disturbed sleep patterns may also be one symptom of depression, which requires medical help.· Finally, both staff and residents must be able to summon skilled medical and nursing help very quickly both day and night. ► practical · There were letters offering practical help.· The social worker can give practical help and advice on all these tasks.· Religion, combined with practical help, can be a powerful force in stabilizing a neighborhood and turning lives around.· This scheme provides practical and financial help for would-be purchasers with existing homes still to sell.· Use the expertise and facilities of your local authorities and voluntary services for practical help, advice and social activities.· There seems to be a coldness at the heart of much hard-left philosophy, where theory takes precedent over practical help.· Which is sweet and touching, as you can imagine, but not really much practical help. ► professional · But for many people, the best solution may be a combination of tax software and professional help.· Name of Consortium - should we try to get professional help with this? 8.· Your spouse might be able to help you, or you may need to seek professional help.· Restoration often depends upon the willingness of both to communicate openly. Professional help may be needed.· The extent to which bereavement is worked through depends on self-awareness, external support, professional help and general attitudes.· After several weeks of sleepless nights, Walter sought professional help. NOUN► desk · Upon contacting the help desk, your call will be logged and you will be asked to provide information concerning the problem.· By and large, Windows 95 fixes this problem, which is what your help desk is probably talking about.· In any organisation the most active and critical area is the computer support help desk.· A help desk provides immediate quotations and on the spot cover if required.· CustomerQ integrates customer support, call tracking, help desk and product defect tracking in a single module that includes Informix.· These include communication the corporate help desk, probably with the help of remote diagnostic probes. ► home · Developments in day care, the home help service and other domiciliary services were the currency of growth in these departments.· We urge parents to plan ahead for postpartum home help.· Even a weekly visit by a local authority home help - when it was finally arranged - was not enough.· As a tertiary intervention, I offered to organise a home help or meals on wheels service if Mrs Allen wished.· For example those over 75 are six times more likely to receive a home help than those aged 64-75.· A full-time job, a small child, and no home help left her little energy for dinner parties anyway.· Local information from user and carer groups had revealed a basic home help cleaning service was highly valued by many clients. ► self · A friend recently told me her man didn't indulge in self help.· There is a strong element of self help in the programme.· He helps to run Body Positive a self help group for sufferers like himself.He welcomes any scientific advance but remains cautious.· Self help Many community care schemes have elements of self help built into them.· These will be grouped under four heads decentralisation, consumerism and participation, self help and joint action.· Independence, self help and active citizenship have all been praised.· Aims: to assist in the setting up of local self help groups and to provide information and counselling.· This is yet another Northern Ireland example of self help in a very needy situation. VERB► ask · I ran out of the house immediately and came to London to ask for your help.· They not only ask for help, they also seem to need more support and emotional nurturing than others.· If in doubt, always ask for help from a solicitor, social worker or some other professional you know and trust.· What a difference it makes to ask for help and actually get it.· We ask for help in our task of calling for an end to the executions and the release of all political prisoners.· Second, can the professionals whom people ask for help in changing actually provide that help?· Geoffrey decided he would have to wake Deborah and ask for her help.· When they ask a teacher for help, they get help. ► beg · And anyway I don't want to beg for Edgar's help, or make trouble for him.· Cupid had told him the whole Story and had begged for his help.· I suppose I should have just gone and begged for help but Shallot has his pride.· Rescued by human teens and taken to the vet, Keelk recovers and begs for help to rescue her family.· I hate the sound of people crying in pain, begging for help.· Like his people, the Somalian President can only beg for help.· SHe'd never begged help off anyone before - hadn't needed to. ► call · My wife went down the fellside to a cottage and the lady kindly called 999 for help.· She continued to call for help every minute or so but, as time passed, her hopes diminished.· Messengers ran out to call for help in men and gear and food.· She tried to speak, to call for help, to explain herself, to scream, but no words would come.· Theatre administrator Patricia McBride is calling on expert help to get the boy's drawl exactly right.· Callers are given appropriate phone numbers to call for help, and perhaps an explanation of Medicaid or Medicare.· She was murdered before she could call for help.· Kaiser called for help on the emergency channel when we were hit. ► cry · Without adequate built-in safeguards, there will be other Susan Allens who will pull the trigger before they cry for help.· The women began to cry when help arrived.· Opening his mouth to cry for help, he -!· The former cried out for help.· The voice she was hearing was surely crying out for help.· It turned out that the radio was keyed continuously, and the only voice was a single trooper crying for help.· If anyone had been crying for help, the firemen must have responded by now.· She cried for help and the pair ran out of the shop. ► enlist · Warn the shop owner in advance and enlist his help.· She enlists the help of psychiatrist / author Sigourney Weaver, an expert on serial killers.· For practical reasons, she enlisted the help of the air force.· Next he enlisted the help of his wife and two friends to remind him to say no more often and pace himself.· In turn, Cassidy enlisted the help of the Mail on Sunday to justify his behaviour.· He said he learned Pond was also in the country and enlisted his help in dealing with the player.· You may also need to enlist the help of a friend.· He has even enlisted the help of Cy Avara, the barber for Sen. ► get · The manual can be read on screen so getting help is a key press away!· Or, he could do the tough thing, which is admit to a problem and get some help.· Please could you tell me how to get some help?· We got some help from international labor organizations.· In addition, local authorities may have difficulty in knowing which old people need help and of getting help to them in time.· In answering such life-and-death questions, he gets no help from electronics.· Then after a long time I got up with the help of a friend.· Perhaps twice that many are not getting help, Kalemkiarian said. ► give · Can you give me some help with keeping Kribs?· Interest rates continue to fall, giving crucial help to debtors, most of whose loans have variable rates.· I appreciate all you can do for him, in giving him very special help.· Our colleague Mark Wheadon has also given valuable help.· If voters need help to properly complete the voting process, they should be given help when requested.· And the descriptions of the two men have been too varied to give much help to detectives.· In my case, for example, my husband gives me every help. ► need · This means that there are more old people needing special help and proportionately fewer people of working age to provide for them.· But he emphasizes that not all attorneys will need his help.· She needed the help Harvey had promised.· They need your help about everything from prospecting to how to get along with their administrative assistant.· Sometimes she wished somebody would ask if she needed help, but that was the way it was.· Three weeks later, the teacher added these observations: Harold needs medical help as well as much careful teaching.· They can not speak the language, so they can not get work and they need help.· We need all the help we can get. ► offer · She had offered practical help as well as tough-minded advice.· Consultants now offer help to companies when assessing their knowledge resources and learning capabilities.· That Nancy Bigears is a gem, lecturing me before I could offer my help.· Do any offer help to the project manager in motivating the team?· I am worried about her, and my husband and I offer help.· Many of these patients will be offered further help of one kind or another.· Many women have serious problems and deserve to be treated with respect and offered help that is to the point. ► provide · In 1981 the Conservative government introduced the Assisted Places Scheme which provides help with tuition fees and certain other incidental expenses.· A student of Plato, Xenocrates, does provide invaluable help.· The scheme was intended to provide financial help to unemployed workers in depressed areas who were prepared to move to other areas.· Bruce should provide help as a run defender while Wallace would be used as a designated pass rusher.· The briefing sheet also provides help in interpreting the data.· Corporations such as Citibank provide in-service literacy help for some of their employees.· This scheme provides practical and financial help for would-be purchasers with existing homes still to sell.· Others fret that the system might not provide enough help in times of rural economic crisis. ► seek · Unless the job stretches subordinates there is no reason why they should need, or seek, your help.· Although Sheila finds them a handful and is known to shout at them, she has always sought appropriate help.· Two other climbers were unhurt and went back to the bottom of the Tuckerman bowl seeking help.· They had sought help from the marriage counsellor a little late in the day.· Granato began experiencing headaches so severe, he sought medical help.· A patient seeks help and is therefore vulnerable.· For depressions that are more severe, you should seek help. ► turn · Lykophron turned to Sparta for help.· She was the goddess married women turned to for help.· It was returned to the company but when they needed Mrs Dibble's carriage as well, she turned to Lena for help.· Therefore we turn to you for help in ways to make lightweight canoes in a cheap but very safe manner.· I had virtually no one to turn to for help.· There are many people to whom you can turn for help.· He turned for help to hawks and owls. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cry for help Janie's suicide attempt was obviously a cry for help. A boy passing by homewards from the pictures heard his cries for help. I suppose underneath it was a cry for help. If anyone had been crying for help, the firemen must have responded by now. Meanwhile, another cry for help. Opening his mouth to cry for help, he -! Screams and desperate cries for help filled the streets. Without adequate built-in safeguards, there will be other Susan Allens who will pull the trigger before they cry for help. ► God help you/him etc► God help us► God help you/him etc► God help us► heaven help somebody Heaven help us if it snows again. ► somebody can’t help noticing something► pleased to help/assist If you do not understand the details enclosed please contact the Finance Department where the staff will be pleased to assist. NatWest understands your needs and is pleased to help. Our group bookings specialists are always pleased to assist the discerning traveller who requires quality, service and value second to none. There will always be some one who will be only too pleased to help. They will be pleased to help and advise you. They will be pleased to help and so will the suppliers listed, including, of course, myself. They will be pleased to help you with specific questions and will give you as much general information as they can. Whatever the size of your kitchen, our talented designers will be pleased to help you plan it. ► seek (somebody’s) advice/help/assistance etc Abdominal complaints Abdomen: When to seek advice Urgently, Right now! Almost three years since she sought help for the severe seizures, Harlan had her surgery. It will normally be necessary to seek expert advice on the realisable values of all the major assets. She can walk into a family planning clinic and seek assistance. The more Marcus thought about it, the more he realized that he would have to seek help from Fanshawe. They had sought my advice, and I had recommended this machine. ► some friend you are/some help she was etc Word family WORD FAMILYnounhelphelperhelpfulness ≠ unhelpfulnesshelpinghelplessnessadjectivehelpful ≠ unhelpfulhelplessadverbhelpfully ≠ unhelpfullyhelplesslyverbhelp 1[uncountable] things you do to make it easier or possible for someone to do something:  Thank you for all your help.help with something/with doing something Do you want any help with the washing up?help to do something I could do with some help to bring the bags in from the car.help (in) doing something He asked for my help in getting an interview with her.with the help of somebody/with somebody’s help We manage, with the help of a nurse who comes daily.2[singular, uncountable] if someone or something is a help to you, they are useful and make it easier for you to do something:  That map isn’t much help.with the help of something I managed to make myself understood with the help of a phrase book.be of great/little/no/some etc help (to somebody) Let me know if I can be of any help to you.be a (great/big/tremendous/real etc) help (to somebody) Any information would be a great help. You’ve been a real help to me, Carrie.3[uncountable] advice, treatment, information, or money which is given to people who need it:  A lot of these children need professional help.help with You may be able to ask for help with the rent. We received no help from the police.4[uncountable] a part of a computer program that helps someone using it by giving additional information5the help American English someone’s servant or servantsCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1verbsgive 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 government 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 somebody’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.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 3adjectivesfinancial 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.verbsget/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.THESAURUShelp 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. Aidis 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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