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congratulations

/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ interjection A2
  1. Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation. · Warm congratulations on your newborn boy!
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Scarcely had the first congratulations upon her marvellous escape been gone through when she wrote the following letter to Madame Danglars:—
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 499 · C1
Bingley replied that he did, and made his congratulations.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 315 · B2
Nathan Garrideb, my congratulations!
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 83 · B2
What congratulations will then flow in!
Pride and Prejudice, p. 104 · B2

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