CATCH ME BY SURPRISE

Meaning of CATCH ME BY SURPRISE in English

surprise me, not warn me

The snowstorm in May caught us by surprise. We didn't expect it.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

CATCH ME BY SURPRISE — surprise me, not warn me The snowstorm in May caught us by surprise. We didn't expect it.
English Idioms vocab
SURPRISE — n. surprise (-ar)
English interlingue dictionary
ME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Английский словарь Британика
SURPRISE — I. noun also sur·prize -īz ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: surprise from Middle English, from Middle French, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ME — I. (|)mē, _mi pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SURPRISE — (n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken …
Английский словарь Webster
ME — (pers. pron.) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective …
Английский словарь Webster
ME — ( pers. pron. ) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SURPRISE — — surprisedly /seuhr pruy"zid lee, -pruyzd"-, seuh-/ , adv. — surpriser , n. /seuhr pruyz", seuh-/ , v. , surprised, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ME — /mee/ , pron. 1. the objective case of I , used as a direct or indirect object: They asked me …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATCH — — catchable , adj. /kach/ , v. , caught, catching , n. , adj. v.t. 1. to seize or capture, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SURPRISE — I. noun also sur·prize sə(r)-ˈprīz Etymology: Middle English suppryse exaction, seizure, from Anglo-French sousprise, supprise, from feminine of supris, surpris, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ME — pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German mīh me, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SURPRISE — noun anything that causes such a state or emotion. 2. surprise ·noun to hold possession of; to hold. 3. surprise …
Webster English vocab
ME — pron one. ·see men, ·pron 2. me (·pron·pers) the person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the …
Webster English vocab
CATCH — vi to attain possession. 2. catch ·noun act of seizing; a grasp. 3. catch ·noun a slight remembrance; a trace. …
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
Webster English vocab
SURPRISE — [sur.prise] also sur.prize n [ME, fr. MF, fr. fem. of surpris, pp. of surprendre to take over, surprise, fr. sur- …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ME — [me] pron, objective case of i [ME, fr. OE me; akin to OHG mih me, L me, Gk me, Skt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
SURPRISE — / səˈpraɪz; NAmE sərˈp-/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] an event, a piece of news, etc. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — pronoun , noun ■ pronoun / mi; NAmE ; strong form miː/ the form of I that is used when …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CATCH — / kætʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( caught , caught / kɔːt; NAmE /) HOLD 1. [ …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SURPRISE — I. sur ‧ prise 1 S3 W2 /səˈpraɪz $ sər-/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ surprised …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ME — me S1 W1 /mi; strong miː/ BrE AmE pronoun [object form of ‘I’] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CATCH — I. catch 1 S1 W1 /kætʃ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle caught /kɔːt $ kɒːt/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SURPRISE — n. & v. --n. 1 an unexpected or astonishing event or circumstance. 2 the emotion caused by this. 3 the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CATCH — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. caught) 1 tr. a lay hold of so as to restrain or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SURPRISE — n. & v. n. 1 an unexpected or astonishing event or circumstance. 2 the emotion caused by this. 3 the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CATCH — v. & n. v. (past and past part. caught) 1 tr. a lay hold of so as to restrain or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SURPRISE — n. & v. --n. 1. an unexpected or astonishing event or circumstance. 2 the emotion caused by this. 3 the …
Oxford English vocab
ME — 1. pron. 1. objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Oxford English vocab
CATCH — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. caught) 1. tr. a lay hold of so as to restrain or …
Oxford English vocab
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Oxford English vocab
SURPRISE — ( surprises, surprising, surprised) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A surprise …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A speaker or writer uses me to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CATCH — ( catches, catching, caught) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — The preposition is pronounced /baɪ/. The adverb is pronounced /baɪ/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SURPRISE — (~s, surprising, ~d) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A ~ is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SURPRISE — [verb] [T]The news surprised (= was unexpected by) everyone.It doesn't surprise me that their parents don't want them to get …
Cambridge English vocab
ME — (PERSON) [pronoun] - used, usually after a verb or preposition, to refer to the person speaking or writingCan you see …
Cambridge English vocab
ME — pron. Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SURPRISE — Synonyms and related words : admiration, amaze, amazement, ambush, assail, assault, astonish, astonishment, astound, astoundment, attack, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CATCH — Synonyms and related words : OD, abash, abduction, absorb, absorb the attention, accept, acquire, acquisition, allure, ambition, anchor, appreciate, apprehend, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SURPRISE — I. noun 1 feeling of surprise ADJECTIVE ▪ great , total , utter ▪ mild , slight , some ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SURPRISE — See ↑ SURPRISED/SURPRISING 2,4,6,6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a surprise/come as a surprise • ↑ be no surprise/come as no …
Longman Activator English vocab
CATCH — INDEX: 1. to catch a ball or other moving object 2. when the police catch a criminal 3. to catch …
Longman Activator English vocab
SURPRISE — n. 25B6; noun Kate looked at me in surprise : ASTONISHMENT, amazement, wonder, incredulity, bewilderment, stupefaction, disbelief. the test came …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CATCH — n. 25B6; verb he caught the ball : SEIZE, grab, snatch, seize/grab/take hold of, grasp, grip, clutch, clench; receive, get, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

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