Compliment slip

Definition

compliment /'kɒmplÇmǝnt/ n ၁။ [C] ခ်ီးမြမ္းျခင္း။ ခ်ီးမြမ္းစကား။ ေျမႇာက္လံုးပင့္လံုး။ 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 ) ႏႈတ္ခြန္း ဆက္သျခင္း။ ဆုမြန္ေကာင္းေတာင္းျခင္း။ 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) ခ်ီးမြမ္းသည္။ ခ်ီးက်ဴးသည္။ I complimented her on her English. Compare COMPLEMENT ❏ compliment slip n ကုမၸဏီက အခမဲ့နမူနာပစၥည္းႏွင့္တြဲ ပို႔ ေသာ ေၾကာ္ျငာ။

Examples

1. It is a compliment to be compared to her.
2. [pay/give someone a compliment] : He kept paying me compliments on my cooking.
3. [take something as a compliment] : Mum says I’m stubborn
4. but I’ll take that as a compliment.
5. [pay someone the compliment of] : He paid me the compliment of inviting me to sing at his wedding.