Help
Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment
Oblige
Oblige verb - To do a service or favor for.
Usage example: I would appreciate it greatly if you could oblige me by bringing a dessert to the party
Help is a synonym for oblige in serve topic. You can use "Help" instead a verb "Oblige", if it concerns topics such as do a favor or kindness, do someone a favour.
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Of course, when king Dulan, who happens to stay in the Alnus hospital incognito, as much as requests the JSDF help, explicitly allying Elbe with Japan, they were only happy to oblige.
Source: Literature / Gate -
The Student Prince: When Merlin asks Kilgharrah for help with reaching Nimueh, he rephrases Merlin's question so that it sounds downright treasonous, before replying, "I should be delighted to oblige you, my dear boy."
Source: Chew Out Fake Out - Chew Out Fake Out: When Merlin asks Kilgharrah for help with reaching Nimueh, he rephrases Merlin's question so that it sounds downright treasonous, before replying, "I should be delighted to oblige you, my dear boy." Cool Plane: Arthur's Learjet 40, Excalibur.
Source: Fanfic / The Student Prince
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