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SURPRISING

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surprising adjectiv

neaşteptat, surprinzător, de mirare.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

And now I come to the most surprising part of my story, my dear son.

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

His knowledge of the world, and very especially of South America, is surprising, and he has a whole-hearted belief in the possibilities of our journey which is not to be dashed by the sneers of Professor Summerlee.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"It's the best joke of the season, isn't it? I wouldn't have told you, for I set my heart on surprising you, and I flatter myself I've done it," said Jo, when she got her breath.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Her cousins' former gaiety on the day of a ball was no longer surprising to her; she felt it to be indeed very charming, and was actually practising her steps about the drawing-room as long as she could be safe from the notice of her aunt Norris, who was entirely taken up at first in fresh arranging and injuring the noble fire which the butler had prepared.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Before I reach the surprising events of that date I would desire to give a clearer sketch of my comrades in this enterprise, and of the associates whom we had already gathered together in South America.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"But we heard it," insisted Daisy, surprising me by opening up again in a flower-like way. "We heard it from three people so it must be true."

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

As for Tom, the fact that he "had some woman in New York" was really less surprising than that he had been depressed by a book.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

I was startled, naturally, but the really surprising thing was that it hadn't happened before.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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