OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11763

surprise

/səˈpɹaɪz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sorpresa
The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and alw…
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