Tôi cần sự giúp đỡ của anh ấy, nhưng trước tiên tôi đã phải làm việc với bàn tay của mình một chút)

We agreed in advance that he would help me, but when I came he didn't want to get out of bed. I knew what I had to do so that I wouldn't have to persuade him. There have been similar cases before, so I immediately got down to business so as not to waste time.