astonish

«astonish» in Mova's school dictionary: To surprise someone so much that they cannot quite… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (astonish, astonishes, astonished, astonishing)

meaning for a pupil

To surprise someone so much that they cannot quite believe it. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a clever answer or a wonder that makes the listeners gasp

examples

• Your wise answers astonish me. tree →
• The magic astonished the crowd. tree →
• You astonish me, Madam! tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• The Badger: «It would be astonishing indeed, if I had done it.
• The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «astonish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.