"startle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

startle verbo

startle + preposición
Kolokacji: 10
startled by • startled at • startle into • startle with • startled from • ...
startle + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 14
momentarily startled • somewhat startled • suddenly startled • slightly startled • clearly startled • ...
(2) somewhat, slightly, mildly
Kolokacji: 3
(3) genuinely, truly
Kolokacji: 2
1. genuinely startled = autentycznie zaskoczony genuinely startled
2. truly startled = naprawdę zaskoczony truly startled
  • I was truly startled.
  • To the Editor: I was truly startled by the closing paragraphs of the essay on the Kennedy assassination books by Stephen E. Ambrose.
  • For the first time Peter was truly startled.
  • Her face was so clear and direct, the features arranged as they might have been by a simpering cameo-carver who saw perfection in the face of disorder, I was truly startled.
  • Tanis was truly startled by the pallor of the mage's metallic gold skin and the feverish luster of his strange eyes.
  • She must have been truly startled to show so much, but she took the letter and held it where the lantern's light illuminated it.
  • Hay was truly startled.

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