Office vs. the good offices?

Office = place of work/business.

  • He went to the office at 9 a.m.
  • It’s only a few minutes walk to her office.
  • Post-office, income tax office.

The good offices = influence, esp., with a person in a position of power, assistance, intervention, mediation.

  • His family escaped to Canada through the good offices of a Jewish Agency.
  • She got her job in the bank through the good offices of her uncle who was a director of the Bank.
  • He was able to recover his lost documents through the good offices of Indian Embassy.
  • I got the job through the good offices of a friend.

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