compliment
/ˈkɒmplɪm(ə)nt/
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com - pli - ment -> compliment
(n) ချီးမွမ်းခြင်း။ ချီးမွမ်းစကား။ မြှောက်လုံးပင့်လုံး။ နှုတ်ခွန်း ဆက်သခြင်း။ ဆုမွန်ကောင်းတောင်းခြင်း။ ချီးမွမ်းသည်။ ချီးကျူးသည်။
compliment /'kɒmplÇmǝnt/ n
၁။ [C] ချီးမွမ်းခြင်း။ ချီးမွမ်းစကား။ မြှောက်လုံးပင့်လုံး။
pay sb a compliment (ie praise them) ❍ She's always fishing for compliments (ie trying to obtain them indirectly). ❍ ‘What an amazing hat!’ ‘Hmm…I'll take that as (ie regard it as) a compliment. ’ ❍ ‘Don't bother to return the compliment (ie do the same for me). ’ ❍ (fig fml ) These beautiful flowers are a compliment to the gardener's skill (ie show how skillful he or she is).
၂။ compliments [pl] (fml ) နှုတ်ခွန်း ဆက်သခြင်း။ ဆုမွန်ကောင်းတောင်းခြင်း။
My compliments to your wife (ie Please give her a greeting from me). ❍ Compliments of the season (eg said at Christmas or the New Year). ❍ The flowers are with the compliments of (ie are a gift from) the management.
/'kɒmplÇment/ v ~ sb (on sth)
ချီးမွမ်းသည်။ ချီးကျူးသည်။
I complimented her on her English. Compare COMPLEMENT
❏ compliment slip n ကုမ္ပဏီက အခမဲ့နမူနာပစ္စည်းနှင့်တွဲ ပို့ သော ကြော်ငြာ။
- It is a compliment to be compared to her.
- [pay/give someone a compliment] : He kept paying me compliments on my cooking.
- [take something as a compliment] : Mum says I’m stubborn, but I’ll take that as a compliment.
- [pay someone the compliment of] : He paid me the compliment of inviting me to sing at his wedding.
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