Befriending

verb

Offer suggestions about the best course of action to someone.

Примеры использования:

I advised him to go home

verb

Give advice to

noun

Help, typically of a practical nature.

Примеры использования:

He saw the pilot slumped in his cockpit and went to his aid

verb

Help or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something.

Примеры использования:

Women were aided in childbirth by midwives

abbreviation

Artificial insemination by donor.

verb

Help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work.

Примеры использования:

A senior academic would assist him in his work

noun

An act of giving help, typically by providing money.

Примеры использования:

The budget must have an assist from tax policies

noun

The rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips.

Примеры использования:

He lay on his back

adverb

In the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or travelling towards.

Примеры использования:

He moved back a pace

verb

Give financial, material, or moral support to.

Примеры использования:

He had a newspaper empire backing him

verb

Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).

Примеры использования:

We were encouraged by the success of this venture

verb

To make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen

Примеры использования:

[ t + to infinitive ] we were encouraged to learn foreign languages at school., the council is enco…

verb

To talk or behave in a way that gives someone confidence to do something

Примеры использования:

Encourage someone in something they've always encouraged me in everything i've wanted to do.

noun

A person who shows the way to others, especially one employed to show tourists around places of interest.

Примеры использования:

A tour guide

verb

Show or indicate the way to (someone).

Примеры использования:

He guided her to the front row and sat beside her

verb

Someone employed to conduct others

verb

Make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources.

Примеры использования:

They helped her with domestic chores

noun

The action of helping someone to do something.

Примеры использования:

I asked for help from my neighbours

exclamation

Used as an appeal for urgent assistance.

Примеры использования:

Help! i'm drowning!

collocation

Keep under careful scrutiny

phrasal verb

Take care of someone or something.

Примеры использования:

Meg is expected to come straight home from school and look after her younger sister

phrasal verb

To care for or be in charge of someone or something

Примеры использования:

He looks after his son during the day., annie can look after herself.

verb

Keep safe from harm or injury.

Примеры использования:

He tried to protect kelly from the attack

verb

Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

verb

To keep someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss

Примеры использования:

He says he was protecting his home and family., a citizens’ group worked to protect forest areas.

phrasal verb

To decide that you support a particular opinion or belief in an argument

Примеры использования:

The judge sided with workers who were sacked for refusing to use unsafe equipment., side with sb on…

idiom

Be available or ready for a certain function or service

phrasal verb

Be present while something bad is happening but fail to take any action to stop it.

Примеры использования:

He was beaten to the ground as onlookers stood by

phrasal verb

Be ready to deal or assist with something.

Примеры использования:

Two battalions were on their way, and a third was standing by

noun

Assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.

Примеры использования:

The wounded had little chance of succour

verb

Give assistance or aid to.

Примеры использования:

Prisoners of war were liberated and succoured

noun

Help given to someone, especially someone who is suffering or in need

Примеры использования:

Her organization gave succour and strength to those who had been emotionally damaged., to succour t…

verb

Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Примеры использования:

The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun

A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

Примеры использования:

The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

verb

Strengthen or support physically or mentally.

Примеры использования:

This thought had sustained him throughout the years

noun

An effect or facility on a keyboard or electronic instrument whereby a note can be sustained after the key is released.

Примеры использования:

She has a decent voice, but it was her sustain on the more difficult notes that really impressed.

verb

Confirm or support (something which has been questioned).

Примеры использования:

The court upheld his claim for damages

verb

To defend or maintain a principle or law, or to state that a decision that has already been made, esp. a legal one, is correct

Примеры использования:

The supreme court upheld california’s term limit measure.

verb

To state that a decision which has already been made, especially a legal one, is correct

Примеры использования:

Uphold a decision/ruling/appeal the court is said to be upholding its decision., when he took offic…