taken aback

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taken aback

Cliché surprised and confused. When Mary told me the news, I was taken aback for a moment. When I told my parents I was married, they were completely taken aback.

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And yet the fact remains that, had the wind failed and the fleet lost steerage way, or, worse still, had it been taken aback from the eastward, with its leaders within short range of the enemy's guns, nothing, it seems, could have saved the headmost ships from capture or destruction. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context Boris remembered Natasha in a short dress, with dark eyes shining from under her curls and boisterous, childish laughter, as he had known her four years before; and so he was taken aback when quite a different Natasha entered, and his face expressed rapturous astonishment. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context They were a good deal taken aback, and after a little consultation one and all tumbled down the fore companion, thinking no doubt to take us on the rear. Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context			take turns take turns with take umbrage take umbrage at take under advisement take under wing take up abode take up arms take up residence take up space take up the challenge take up the cudgels for take up time take up where left off take up where one left off take with a grain of salt take with a pinch of salt take word for take word for it take wrong take years off take your pick Take your seat take-off artist taken taken aback taken for dead taken with takes one to know one takes the cake takes two to tango taking taking calls taking care of business tale tale never loses in the telling tale of woe tales talk talk a blue streak talk about talk around talk at talk back talk big talk dirty talk down talk down to talk ear off talk head off talk in circles			Takedowns Takedowns Takedowns Takefu no Bunka o Kangaeru Kai Takefu Renaissance Takehiko Fujii Takehiko Fujii Takehiko Fujii Takeley Local History Society Takelma Takemitsu, Toru Takemusu Aikido Association Italy taken taken taken taken taken taken Taken (mini-series) Taken (mini-series) Taken a Bath Taken a Beating Taken a Beating Taken a Call Taken a Flier Taken a Position Taken a Powder Taken a Powder Taken a Swing Taken a View taken aback taken advantage of Taken an Offer Taken Bevoegdheden Verantwoordelijkheden Taken by Force taken by force by the authorities Taken by the Silence Taken Care Of Taken Delivery taken for dead taken for granted taken for granted taken for granted Taken in hand taken into custody Taken Off Taken Off Taken Off Taken off a Leg Taken on Charge Taken on Strength Taken Out of Context taken over taken over taken over taken over taken over taken prisoner Taken the Offer Taken the Street taken up

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