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Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition: Negligence from the parents causes the children to look ________ affection elsewhere.

Aat

Bin

Cwith

Dfor

Answer:

D. for

Read Explanation:

  • The correct phrase is "look for," which means to search or seek something (തിരയുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അന്വേഷിക്കുക). In this context, it means that the children are searching for affection elsewhere due to parental negligence.
  • Negligence from the parents causes the children to look look for affection elsewhere. / മാതാപിതാക്കളുടെ അശ്രദ്ധയാണ് കുട്ടികൾ മറ്റെവിടെയെങ്കിലും വാത്സല്യം തേടാൻ ഇടയാക്കുന്നത്.
  • "Look at" means to direct your eyes toward something
  • "Look in" would imply searching inside something / എന്തിൻ്റെയെങ്കിലും ഉള്ളിൽ തിരയുന്നതിനെ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു
  • "Look with" is not a correct or common collocation in this context.

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