finding somewhere to live.       # W %        ife if * 0

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adults to return to the labour market Jj£ AMill^Xrfci^ (ft M M o [V] Anyone willing to assist can contact this number. Ji IE W fife # 3J $ Jtti  %. 0 0 We are looking

for people who would be willing to assist in the group’s work.   2 [VN] to

help sth to happen more easily iJ£ iit:       activities that

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as sist ance On /a'sistans/ noun [U]

~ (with sth) | ~ (in doing sth/to do sth) (formal) help or support jJ!j ; S &] ; t# :    technical/economic/

military assistance              0 financial

assistance for people on low incomes S fi)j 0 Can I be of any assistance?         ± C (4 ? 0

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0 The company provides advice and assist­ance in finding work. ^ ill  ^ i&I #        X# 0 OHe

can walk only with the assistance of crutches, life R f]& fg

as sist ant 0-w /a'sistant/ noun, adj. m noun 1 a person who helps or supports sb, usually in their job fifj Ji ; fft 7- :   My assistant will now demon­

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student at university or college who spends time in a foreign country teaching his or her own language in a school m     it )

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manager fefr Jl o Assistant Chief Constable Owen ftljSW 0 Assistant Attorney General William Weld gfj

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ass is tant ship /a'sistantjip/ noun 1 (BrE) the position of being an assistant(3) I2 (NAmE) a paid position for a graduate student that involves some teaching or research (     ) JJ&ifc it IRIS', &)

mmm

assisted 'area noun (in Britain) a region where there are many unemployed people and the government gives help to businesses so that more people can have

jobs  m.mm (

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assizes /a'saiziz/ noun a court in the past which travelled to each county of England and Wales (

X jfl ± IB m        ► assize adj. [only before

noun]: the assize court if [a] ^iX&j£§

'ass-licker, 'ass-licking nouns (NAmE) = arse-licker,

ARSE-LICKING

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as so ci ate 0-w verb, adj., noun

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