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Significados de take aback em inglês

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Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off.

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        To cause someone to feel surprise.

              Uso de take aback em inglês
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              In New Zealand, local fans were also taken aback by the news.
              Radio NZ
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              The board were taken aback by size of the problem at Laiki.
              Reuters
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              Alice was quite taken aback by the extent of this negative concept.
              Alice in quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
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              Some users said they were taken aback by the silver fix loss.
              Reuters
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              It left several Ministers taken aback by the severity of the warnings.
              The Irish Times
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              But not as taken aback as I would be come Monday morning.
              Monday Mourning
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              Jamieson stood speechless for a moment, completely taken aback by the proposal.
              The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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              Taken aback, I couldn't answer, and the atmosphere grew even more stilted.
              Evil and the Mask
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              Lorena was so taken aback that she didn't know what to say.
              Lonesome dove
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              Faye was instantly taken aback, but she didn't want to let on.
              Family album
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              MaNtuli is taken aback when she learns about her enemy's new venture.
              The South African
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              He had been taken aback enough not to absorb her suggestion immediately.
              Small wars: a novel
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              Kelly seemed so taken aback by the suggestion, he couldn't help chuckling.
              Michael's discovery
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              The words ripped out of her, and even Sted paused, taken aback.
              The spirit rebellion: the legend of eli monpress: book 2
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              For the first time, it was Wagoner's turn to be taken aback.
              Cities in Flight
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              Kallie was taken aback, less by the news than by Heather's attitude.
              The water room
              Translations for take aback