German-English translations for überraschen

surprise
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This is no surprise to most of us. Das dürfte die meisten von uns nicht überraschen. I suspect the answer will be no surprise. Ich nehme an, das Ergebnis wird uns kaum überraschen. This should not come as a surprise to anyone. Das sollte niemanden überraschen.
astonish
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I should be surprised - astonished, in fact - if they did not, so I think the honourable Member can be quite certain that they will do so. Es würde mich sehr wundern, ja sehr überraschen, wenn das nicht der Fall wäre. Deshalb glaube ich, der verehrte Abgeordnet kann sich da recht sicher sein. We have identified a significant number of those obstacles, which, we must all agree is astonishing, given the fact that it is nearly 10 years since the internal market was established. Wir haben eine signifikante Anzahl solcher Barrieren festgestellt, was angesichts der Tatsache, dass es schon fast zehn Jahre her ist, dass der Binnenmarkt errichtet wurde, uns alle überraschen muss.

astound
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baffle
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I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructionsA ship baffles with the windsTanker trucks use baffles to keep the liquids inside from sloshing around
blindside
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The blindside packs down at the scrum on the blindside.The robbers crept out of the forest and blindsided the traveller.He had completed his plan to develop a new office building, but was blindsided by the sudden drop in real estate values.
take abackI was rather taken aback by his angry reply.The bad news took us aback.