| query | If you h___ yourself to something, you serve yourself or you take it for yourself. If someone tells you to help yourself, they are telling you politely to serve yourself anything you want or to take anything you want.If you help yourself to something, you serve yourself or you take it for yourself. If someone tells you to help yourself, they are telling you politely to serve yourself anything you want or to take anything you want. There's bread on the table. Help yourself. Just help yourself to leaflets. |
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| word | help |
| full-definition | verb If you help someone, you make it easier for them to do something, for example by doing part of the work for them or by giving them advice or money. He has helped to raise a lot of money. My mum used to help cook the meals for the children. America's priority is to help nations defend themselves. You can of course help by giving them a donation directly. I was only trying to help. If you're not willing to help me, I'll find somebody who will. Thanks very much for your help. Always ask the pharmacist for help. Some of them have qualified for help with monthly payments. If you say that something helps, you mean that it makes something easier to do or get, or that it improves a situation to some extent . The right style of swimsuit can help to hide, minimise or emphasise what you want it to. By using less energy we are also helping the environment by reducing the threat of global warming. Understanding these rare molecules will help chemists to find out what is achievable. I could cook your supper, though, if that would help. If you help someone go somewhere or move in some way, you give them support so that they can move more easily. Martin helped Tanya over the rail. I allowed her to help me to my feet. Come and help me up! She helped her sit up in bed so she could hold her baby. If you help yourself, you try to get yourself out of a difficult situation rather than accept it and think you can do nothing to change it. He firmly believes they should do more to help themselves. If you help yourself to something, you serve yourself or you take it for yourself. If someone tells you to help yourself, they are telling you politely to serve yourself anything you want or to take anything you want. There's bread on the table. Help yourself. Just help yourself to leaflets. If someone helps themselves to something, they steal it. Has somebody helped himself to some film star's diamonds? noun If you say that someone or something has been a help or has been some help, you mean that they have helped you to solve a problem . Thank you. You've been a great help already. ...a quality which will be a help rather than a hindrance to them. She's been a lot of help. The books were not much help. Help is action taken to rescue a person who is in danger . You shout ' help! ' when you are in danger in order to attract someone's attention so that they can come and rescue you. He was screaming for help. 'Help!' I screamed, turning to run. In computing, help, or the help menu, is a file that gives you information and advice, for example about how to use a particular program . If you get stuck, click on Help. |
| inflections | helpshelpinghelpedgive a leg up |
| cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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