1. surprising
This is surprising.
It isn't surprising that Africans may think of English as one of their continent's languages.
The idea of surprising her suddenly crossed my mind.
It's surprising to know that your school starts at 8:30 and ends at 3:30.
It's surprising how many unhappy marriages there are.
He countered their proposal with a surprising suggestion.
The number of people who die in traffic accidents is surprising.
He said it, and what was more surprising, he did it himself.
If you don't wear warm clothes in winter, it wouldn't be surprising if you caught a bad cold.
Bill spoke Japanese with surprising fluency.
For a man of seventy, he still has surprising vigour.
As this is a cascade with multiple layers, it shouldn't be surprising that it's slow.
Films with loud, surprising noises, such as gunshots, are usually not shown.
Seeing something in a different context than the accustomed one can be surprising.
Anglais mot "überraschend"(surprising) se produit dans des ensembles:
Flashcards aus dem Buch - "A Book of Epigrams" (Va...Flashcards aus dem Buch - "Bird Stories and Dog St...Flashcards aus dem Buch - "The Dyak Chief, and oth...Flashcards aus dem Buch - "The Adventures of Puss ...Flashcards aus dem Buch - "The Comic Poems of Thom...2. startling
Doctors have discovered some startling facts.
he bore a startling likeness to their father
She was a small woman with startling blue eyes
Paddy's words had a startling effect on the children.
She made a startling discovery that her boyfriend was an ex-prisoner.
The rate that the river was rising was startling, and the villagers knew they would have to work quickly if they were going to save their homes.
Now the Zondo commission, an inquiry headed by South Africa's deputy chief justice, has begun hearing startling evidence of how control of the country was ceded to a cartel of the former president's cronies, a process with its own neologism, “state c
Anglais mot "überraschend"(startling) se produit dans des ensembles:
Flashcards aus dem Buch - "The Bull Calf and Other...Flashcards aus dem Buch - "The Automatic Toy Works...Flashcards aus dem Buch - "John Leech's Pictures O...Flashcards aus dem Buch - "Index for Works of Will...3. surprised
You surprised everybody.
Everyone was very surprised to discover that the slave girl was in reality a princess.
My son surprised me by tidying up his room without being told.
What surprised me most when I first entered college was how few of my classmates knew how to study efficiently.
No matter what happens, I won't be surprised.
Seeing that you're not surprised, I think you must have known.
Tom seemed genuinely surprised when I told him that Mary had left town.
Notice the hands of the people you meet and you will be surprised to see how different and how interesting they are.
He's completely shunned. I'm surprised he's still working here.
Well, for the practical problem, in the midst of those rumours flying around I'm surprised they've been able to keep that club running.
Last year I returned home and was surprised to find both the village and the people completely changed.
When I looked in a gardening book I was surprised by how many were marked poisonous.
If you ask a mathematician if he is an adult or a minor, don't be surprised if he answers "yes".
The thing that most surprised me since coming to Japan is how many vending machines there are.
Instead she merely looked surprised and - could it be - amused.