surprise
/sɚˈpɹaɪ̯z/ sustantivo A1En español: sorpresa
- Something unexpected. · It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought.· It came as a surprise when he succeed.
- A mess of feces, left by a pet or small child in an unexpected place or at an unexpected time. · After the housecleaners drove off, the cat left a surprise for us on the carpet.
- The feeling that something unexpected has happened. · Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
Plural surprises
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Alice noticed with some surprise that the pebbles were all turning into little cakes as they lay on the floor, and a bright idea came into her head.
But here, to Alice’s great surprise, the Duchess’s voice died away, even in the middle of her favourite word ‘moral,’ and the arm that was linked into hers began to tremble.
The Gryphon lifted up both its paws in surprise.
“Wouldn’t it really?” said Alice in a tone of great surprise.
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