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assistance

/əˈsɪs.təns/ noun B1
  1. Aid; help; the act or result of assisting. (uncountable) · He asked for technical assistance with the computer.· Financial assistance is available for low-income families.

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Gilbert obligingly rowed to the landing and Anne, disdaining assistance, sprang nimbly on shore.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 226 · C1
Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject, was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 7 · B2
Miss Bingley saw, or suspected, enough to be jealous; and her great anxiety for the recovery of her dear friend Jane received some assistance from her desire of getting rid of Elizabeth.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 57 · B2
My father supported him at school, and afterwards at Cambridge; most important assistance, as his own father, always poor from the extravagance of his wife, would have been unable to give him a gentleman’s education.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 231 · B2

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