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   Hi Alexander -- on Aug 22 2019 at 10:52, you wrote:   
      
   AK> I wonder, however, how to choose a word from the list. ;-) They also   
   AK> forgot about bamboozled, flummoxed, giddy, at sixes and sevens,   
   AK> discombobulated, dismayed, appalled, awe/thunderstruck, wordless,   
   AK> tongue-tied, inarticulate and, I suppose many others. It have given   
   AK> me an idea that there is something special in English culture   
   AK> concerning how often people have surprises. ;-)   
      
   :-)   
      
   The choice of an exact word from a list of synonyms is a real challenge. We   
   say that in English there are NO exact synonyms; every word has a shade of   
   meaning that differs from any other word.   
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
   --- timEd/NT 1.30+   
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