aback
/əˈbæk/ adverbio C1En español: atrás, hacia atrás
- By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
- Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.
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Never have I seen my friend more completely taken aback than by the cabman’s reply.
People are often taken aback when I tell them, but cities can actually be good for bees.
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