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ASTONISH

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astonish verb tranzitiv

1. a uimi, a mira, a surprinde;

I am astonished at his not coming mă surprinde că n-a venit;

you need not be astonished at that asta nu trebuie să te mire;

you astonish me mă uimeşti;

to astonish the Browns a sfida prejudecăţile sociale.

2. (înv.)

to be astonished a fi lovit de trăznet.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it, and mean to astonish you all some day.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Anne was astonished to recognise the same hills and the same objects so soon.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Our visit astonished him, evidently; not the less, I dare say, because it astonished ourselves.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

But I was still more astonished when he told me the object of his visit.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I never was more astonished in my life.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Having understood as much, I was rather astonished to find her so very lady-like!

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

What my commands are? replied the soldier, quite astonished.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

I know not which of the three was the more astonished, for my mother had not heard of my adventures of the night.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I am astonished,” said Miss Bingley, “that my father should have left so small a collection of books. What a delightful library you have at Pemberley, Mr. Darcy!”

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

“It is the face of the Lady Maude Loring!” cried Ford, even more astonished.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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