English English Dictionary

astonished in English:

1. very surprised

English word "astonished"(very surprised) occurs in sets:

UNIT 1 - adjectives part 2
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2. at

I'm at the hospital. I got struck by lightning.

How many times a day do you look at yourself in the mirror?

I'm good at Japanese.

I'm thinking about complaining about my son's teacher at the kindergarten.

To the best of my knowledge, the lake is the deepest at this point.

He did something stupid and was sneered at.

Happiness depends not so much on circumstances as on one's way of looking at one's lot.

You went to bed at 2 o'clock in the morning? No wonder you look sleepy today.

Do you mind if I call on you sometime? "No, not at all."

School begins at half past eight except on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

At first I felt a bit too shy to speak to her.

At the party the other night, my brother drank a bit too much and passed out.

At Narita Airport, I ran into an old friend of mine.

When I was a kid, touching bugs didn't bother me a bit. Now I can hardly stand looking at pictures of them.

Her composition had no grammatical errors at all.

3. by

I came by car.

Jealousy in a relationship is often brought about by a lack of trust.

By the 1750s, all the tribes of the Great Plains had horses.

By 1897, thousands of people were out of work.

If you go by Shinkansen, you'll be there in no time.

Earlier, as I was walking down the sidewalk, a car drove by and splashed water on me. Look at this! My skirt and shoes are all muddy.

If by any chance he comes here, I'll let you know at once.

By the time he retires, my father will have worked for almost thirty years.

Blind people read by touching, using a system of raised dots called Braille.

Are scientists close to cloning a human being? "Not by a long shot."

Someone told me that Albert Einstein said, "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."

By evening, a few clouds had formed.

His autobiography was released today and was sold out by noon.

These straw mats, called "tatami" in Japanese, are no longer made by hand.

Spacious apartments in Tokyo are hard to come by.

English word "astonished"(by) occurs in sets:

Use of english B2 phrasal verbs

4. very surprised about something

5. surprised

You surprised everybody.

Everyone was very surprised to discover that the slave girl was in reality a princess.

My son surprised me by tidying up his room without being told.

What surprised me most when I first entered college was how few of my classmates knew how to study efficiently.

No matter what happens, I won't be surprised.

Seeing that you're not surprised, I think you must have known.

Tom seemed genuinely surprised when I told him that Mary had left town.

Notice the hands of the people you meet and you will be surprised to see how different and how interesting they are.

He's completely shunned. I'm surprised he's still working here.

Well, for the practical problem, in the midst of those rumours flying around I'm surprised they've been able to keep that club running.

Last year I returned home and was surprised to find both the village and the people completely changed.

When I looked in a gardening book I was surprised by how many were marked poisonous.

If you ask a mathematician if he is an adult or a minor, don't be surprised if he answers "yes".

The thing that most surprised me since coming to Japan is how many vending machines there are.

Instead she merely looked surprised and - could it be - amused.

English word "astonished"(surprised) occurs in sets:

Strong Adjectives

6. awestruck

People were awestruck by the pictures the satellite sent back to earth.

She gazed awestruck at the jewels.

I was awestruck by Irish landscapes!