Can Hall's Theorem be Applied to Solve a Matching Problem in Bipartite Graphs?

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Homework Statement



Let G=A U B be a bipartite graph. For each a in A and for each b in B we have d(a)≥d(b)≥1 where d(v) is the degree of vertex v. Show that there exists a matching which saturates A.

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I guess I need to use Hall's Theorem, but I don't see how.
 
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