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surprise
/səˈpraɪz/ nounTranslation
EVENT [C] › an event that you did not expect to happen
sürpriz, şaşkınlık
I didn't know that my parents were coming - it was a lovely surprise. Her resignation came as a complete surprise (= was very surprising). a surprise party 2134FEELING [U] › the feeling that you get when something happens that you did not expect
hayret, şaşkınlık, sürpriz
He agreed to everything, much to my surprise.2134 take/catch sb by surprise › to be unexpected and make someone feel surprise
şaşırtmak, gafil avlamak, hayrete düşürmek
I wasn't expecting her to be so angry - it took me by surprise.2134(Definition of surprise noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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