ADV
- a lot
- My mother helps me a lot
- a bit
- solicitously
- He solicitously helped her back into the chair
- out
VERB + HELP
- be able/unable to, can/could
- Can you help me with my homework?
- try to
- I was only trying to help out
PREP
- across
- I helped her across the road
- into, out of
- She helped the old man out of the car
- with
- We all help with the housework
PHRASES
- help sb to their feet
- Mike helped the old lady to her feet
- a way of helping
- the best way of helping your child
ADV
- enormously, greatly, immeasurably, a lot, really, tremendously
- Talking to a counsellor helped her enormously. The whole process was greatly helped by the widespread availability of computers
- a bit, a little
- certainly
- It certainly helped that her father is a duke!
VERB + HELP
- be designed to
- The minimum wage is designed to help people in low-pay service industries
PREP
- in
- Iron helps in the formation of red blood cells