to take someone by surprise
91Dumb Witness —   Dust jacket illustrat …
92unawares — un|a|wares [ ,ʌnə werz ] adverb catch/take someone unawares to surprise someone, often making them feel confused or embarrassed: The double steal caught the pitcher completely unawares …
93aback — adverb 1》 archaic towards or situated to the rear. 2》 Sailing with the sail pressed back against the mast by a headwind. Phrases take someone aback shock or surprise someone …
94breath — noun 1》 air taken into or expelled from the lungs. ↘an inhalation or exhalation of air from the lungs. 2》 a slight movement of air. 3》 a hint or suggestion: he avoided the slightest breath of scandal. Phrases breath of fresh air a refreshing… …
95catch off guard — catch/take (someone) off guard to surprise someone by doing or saying something they were not expecting. One of the larger airlines caught its rivals off guard yesterday by suddenly announcing a cut in fares. When they asked me to babysit, I was… …
96amaze — verb this shy, gawky teenager gets on the stage and amazes everyone with the best Elvis impersonation of the evening Syn: astonish, astound, surprise, stun, stagger, shock, stupefy, awe, stop someone in their tracks, leave open mouthed, leave… …
97unawares — UK [ˌʌnəˈweə(r)z] / US [ˌʌnəˈwerz] adverb catch/take someone unawares to surprise someone, often making them feel confused or embarrassed Burchill s shot caught the goalkeeper completely unawares …
98off (your) guard — phrase not thinking about something, so that you might say or do something that you did not intend to catch/take someone off (their) guard (=surprise someone): ‘Why on earth did you tell him that?’ ‘He caught me off guard!’ Thesaurus: not… …
99Mr. Bungle — live in 1999. Background information Origin Eureka, California, United States …
100Shizuru Fujino — (藤乃静留 Fujino Shizuru ) is a fictional character in the Japanese animated series My HiME and My Otome. In My Otome, her name has been changed to Shizuru Viola. In spite of the fact that her role in both series was that of a secondary character,… …
