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help

/hɛlp/ interjection C2
  1. A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance. · — Take that, you scoundrel. — Help! Robin, help!
  2. A way to signal uncontrollable laughter; implying the risk of dying of laughter and needing assistance. · helpppp that's too funny, did she rlly say that?
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I’ve been groaning for more than a year, and no one has ever heard me before or come to help me.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 26 · B2
This worried Dorothy a little, but she knew that only the Great Oz could help her get to Kansas again, so she bravely resolved not to turn back.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 16 · B2
Dorothy went to get him, and saw such delicious fruit hanging from the branches that she gathered some of it, finding it just what she wanted to help out her breakfast.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 12 · B2
Perhaps Oz will help you.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 11 · B2

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